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2016-04-07
The super-super exchange mechanism in iron-based antiperovskite chalco-halides
By using the first-principles electronic structure calculations, we have systematically studied the magnetism in three recently synthesized iron-based antiperovskite chalco-halides: Ba$_3$(FeS$_4$)Cl, Ba$_3$(FeS$_4$)Br, and Ba$_3$(FeSe$_4$)Br. These compounds consist of edge-sharing Ba$Q_6$ ($Q$=Cl or Br) octahedra int...
1604.02044v1
2016-04-08
Detection of H2O and evidence for TiO/VO in an ultra hot exoplanet atmosphere
We present a primary transit observation for the ultra hot (Teq~2400K) gas giant expolanet WASP-121b, made using the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 in spectroscopic mode across the 1.12-1.64 micron wavelength range. The 1.4 micron water absorption band is detected at high confidence (5.4 sigma) in the plane...
1604.02310v1
2016-04-12
A Statistical Study of the Average Iron Charge Distributions inside Magnetic Clouds for Solar Cycle 23
Magnetic clouds (MCs) are the interplanetary counterpart of coronal magnetic flux ropes. They can provide valuable information to reveal the flux rope characteristics at their eruption stage in the corona, which are unable to be explored in situ at present. In this paper, we make a comprehensive survey of the average i...
1604.03205v1
2016-04-14
Study of Glass and Bakelite properties as electrodes in RPCs
India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) collaboration is planning to build a magnetized Iron-CALorimeter detector (ICAL) for the study of atmospheric neutrinos. ICAL detector will be a stack of 151 layers of magnetized iron plates interleaved with Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) as active detector elements with a total ...
1604.04130v2
2016-04-25
Equilibrium and Sudden Events in Chemical Evolution
We present new analytic solutions for one-zone (fully mixed) chemical evolution models and explore their implications. In contrast to existing analytic models, we incorporate a realistic delay time distribution for Type Ia supernovae (SNIa) and can therefore track the separate evolution of $\alpha$-elements produced by...
1604.07435v1
2016-05-01
Development of a method for measuring blood coagulation using superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and an alternating magnetic field
We developed a method for measuring blood coagulation using superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) and an alternating magnetic field (AMF). The 3rd and 5th harmonic signals from SPIONs mixed with blood induced by AMF were detected using a gradiometer coil. Blood coagulation was induced artificially by addi...
1605.00255v2
2016-06-02
Orbital selective spin excitations and their impact on superconductivity of LiFe1-xCoxAs
We use neutron scattering to study spin excitations in single crystals of LiFe$_{0.88}$Co$_{0.12}$As, which is located near the boundary of the superconducting phase of LiFe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$As and exhibits non-Fermi-liquid behavior indicative of a quantum critical point. By comparing spin excitations of LiFe$_{0.88}$Co$...
1606.00727v1
2016-06-03
Swift J174540.7-290015: a new accreting binary in the Galactic Center
We report on the identification of the new Galactic Center (GC) transient Swift J174540.7-290015 as a likely low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) located at only 16 arcsec from Sgr A*. This transient was detected on 2016 February 6th during the Swift GC monitoring, and it showed long-term spectral variations compatible with a ...
1606.01138v1
2016-06-17
Time dependence of Fe/O ratio within a 3D Solar Energetic Particle propagation model including drift
Context. The intensity profiles of iron and oxygen in Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events often display differences that result in a decreasing Fe/O ratio over time. The physical mechanisms behind this behaviour are not fully understood, but these observational signatures provide important tests of physical modelling...
1606.05612v2
2016-07-05
Heavy Electron doping-induced antiferromagnetic phase as the parent for iron-oxypnictide superconductor LaFeAsO1-xHx
We perform transport measurements and band structure calculations of electron-doped LaFeAsO1-xHx over a wide range of x from 0.01 to 0.66. The T^2 and sqrt(T) dependency of the resistivity are observed at x ~ 0.17 and 0.41, respectively. The sign change of RH without opening of the spin-density-wave gap for 0.45 < x < ...
1607.01238v1
2016-07-05
Superconductivity-enhanced Nematicity and '$s+d$' Gap Symmetry in Fe(Se$_{1-x}$S$_x$)
Superconducting iron chalcogenide FeSe has the simplest crystal structure among all the Fe-based superconductors. Unlike other iron pnictides, FeSe exhibits no long range magnetic order accompanying the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural distortion, which raises the fundamental question about the role of magnetism a...
1607.01288v2
2016-07-07
Deciphering chemical order/disorder and material properties at the single-atom level
Correlating 3D arrangements of atoms and defects with material properties and functionality forms the core of several scientific disciplines. Here, we determined the 3D coordinates of 6,569 iron and 16,627 platinum atoms in a model iron-platinum nanoparticle system to correlate 3D atomic arrangements and chemical order...
1607.02051v1
2016-07-09
Theoretical modelling of the AGN iron-line vs continuum time-lags in the lamp-post geometry
Context: Theoretical modelling of time-lags between variations in the Fe K$\alpha$ emission and the X-ray continuum might shed light on the physics and geometry of the X-ray emitting region in active galaxies (AGN) and X-ray binaries. We here present the results from a systematic analysis of time-lags between variation...
1607.02625v2
2016-07-09
On the reality of broad iron L lines from the narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies 1H0707-495 and IRAS 13224-3809
We performed time resolved spectroscopy of 1H0707-495 and IRAS 13224-3809 using long XMM-Newton observations. These are strongly variable narrow line Seyfert 1 galaxies and show broad features around 1 keV that has been interpreted as relativistically broad Fe L$\alpha$ lines. Such features are not clearly observed in ...
1607.02635v1
2016-07-11
Magnetotransport of multiple-band nearly-antiferromagnetic metals due to "hot-spot" scattering
Multiple-band electronic structure and proximity to antiferromagnetic (AF) instability are the key properties of iron-based superconductors. We explore the influence of scattering by the AF spin fluctuations on transport of multiple-band metals above the magnetic transition. A salient feature of scattering on the AF fl...
1607.03194v2
2016-07-19
Sensitivity of the Fe K-alpha Compton shoulder to the geometry and variability of the X-ray illumination of cosmic objects
In an X-ray reflection spectrum, a tail-like spectral feature generated via Compton down-scattering, known as a Compton shoulder (CS), appears at the low-energy side of the iron K$\alpha$ line. Despite its great diagnostic potential, its use as a spectral probe of the reflector has been seriously limited due to observa...
1607.05385v1
2016-07-19
Highly mobile carriers in orthorhombic phases of iron-based superconductors FeSe${}_{1-x}$S${}_{x}$
The field and temperature dependencies of the longitudinal and Hall resistivity have been measured for FeSe${}_{1-x}$S${}_{x}$ (x=0.04, 0.09 and 0.19) single crystals. The sample FeSe${}_{0.81}$S${}_{0.19}$ does not show a transition to an orthorhombic phase and exhibits at low temperatures the transport properties qui...
1607.05669v2
2016-08-02
Correlation of Fe-based Superconductivity and Electron-Phonon Coupling in an FeAs/Oxide Heterostructure
Interfacial phonons between iron-based superconductors (FeSCs) and perovskite substrates have received considerable attention due to the possibility of enhancing preexisting superconductivity. Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we studied the correlation between superconductivity and e-ph interaction with interfaci...
1608.00886v4
2016-08-03
Structure of spin excitations in heavily electron-doped Li0.8Fe0.2ODFeSe superconductors
Heavily electron-doped iron-selenide (HEDIS) high-transition-temperature (high-$T_{\rm{c}}$) superconductors, which have no hole Fermi pockets, but have a notably high $T_{\rm{c}}$, have challenged the prevailing $s$$_\pm$ pairing scenario originally proposed for iron pnictides containing both electron and hole pockets...
1608.01204v2
2016-08-04
Isotopic enrichment of forming planetary systems from supernova pollution
Heating by short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs) such as aluminum-26 and iron-60 fundamentally shaped the thermal history and interior structure of Solar System planetesimals during the early stages of planetary formation. The subsequent thermo-mechanical evolution, such as internal differentiation or rapid volatile degassi...
1608.01435v1
2016-08-29
Universal Lower Limit on Vortex Creep in Superconductors
Superconductors are excellent testbeds for studying vortices, topological excitations that also appear in superfluids, liquid crystals, and Bose-Einstein condensates. Vortex motion can be disruptive; it can cause phase transitions, glitches in pulsars, and losses in superconducting microwave circuits, and it limits the...
1608.08092v2
2016-09-01
Influence of interstitial Fe to the phase diagram of Fe$_{1+y}$Te$_{1-x}$Se$_x$ single crystals
Superconductivity (SC) with the suppression of long-range antiferromagnetic (AFM) order is observed in the parent compounds of both iron-based and cuprate superconductors. The AFM wave vectors are bicollinear ($\pi$, 0) in the parent compound FeTe different from the collinear AFM order ($\pi$, $\pi$) in most iron pnict...
1609.00105v1
2016-09-07
Efficiency of Planetesimal Ablation in Giant Planetary Envelopes
Observations of exoplanetary spectra are leading to unprecedented constraints on their atmospheric elemental abundances, particularly O/H, C/H, and C/O ratios. Recent studies suggest that elemental ratios could provide important constraints on formation and migration mechanisms of giant exoplanets. A fundamental assump...
1609.02143v1
2016-09-18
Spintronics Detection of Interfacial Magnetic Switching in a Paramagnetic Tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)iron(III) Thin Film
Organic semiconductors find increasing importance in spin transport devices due to the modulation and control of their properties through chemical synthetic versatility. The organic materials are used as interlayers between two ferromagnet (FM) electrodes in organic spin valves (OSV), as well as for magnetic spin manip...
1609.05421v1
2016-10-04
Tomographic reflection modelling of quasi-periodic oscillations in the black hole binary H 1743-322
Accreting stellar mass black holes (BHs) routinely exhibit Type-C quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). These are often interpreted as Lense-Thirring precession of the inner accretion flow, a relativistic effect whereby the spin of the BH distorts the surrounding space-time, inducing nodal precession. The best evidence f...
1610.00948v1
2016-09-29
Thin layered drawing media probed by THz time-domain spectroscopy
Dry and wet drawing materials were investigated by THz time-domain spectroscopy in transmission mode. Carbon-based and iron-gall inks have been studied, some prepared following ancient recipes and others using current synthetic materials; a commercial ink was studied as well. We measured the THz signals on thin film of...
1610.01025v1
2016-10-31
Chromium analogues of Iron-based superconductors
We theoretically investigate the $d^4$ (Cr$^{2+}$) compound BaCr$_2$As$_2$ and show that, despite non-negligible differences in the electronic structure, its many-body physics mirrors that of BaFe$_2$As$_2$, which has instead a $d^6$ (Fe$^{2+}$) configuration. This reflects a symmetry of the electron correlation effect...
1610.10054v1
2016-11-17
Deformation behaviour of body centered cubic iron nanopillars containing coherent twin boundaries
Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to understand the role of twin boundaries on deformation behaviour of body-centred cubic (BCC) iron (Fe) nanopillars. The twin boundaries varying from one to five providing twin boundary spacing in the range 8.5 - 2.8 nm were introduced perpendicular to the loading directio...
1611.05575v1
2016-12-16
Pressure-Induced Metallization in Iron-Based Ladder Compounds Ba$_{1-x}$Cs$_x$Fe$_2$Se$_3$
Electrical resistivity measurements have been performed on the iron-based ladder compounds Ba$_{1-x}$Cs$_x$Fe$_2$Se$_3$ ($x$ = 0, 0.25, 0.65, and 1) under high pressure. A cubic anvil press was used up to 8.0 GPa, whereas further higher pressure was applied using a diamond anvil cell up to 30.0 GPa. Metallic behavior o...
1612.05394v1
2016-12-29
Molecular nucleation theory of dust formation in core-collapse supernovae applied to SN 1987A
We model dust formation in the core collapse supernova explosion SN 1987A by treating the gas-phase formation of dust grain nuclei as a chemical process. To compute the synthesis of fourteen species of grains we integrate a non-equilibrium network of nucleating and related chemical reactions and follow the growth of th...
1612.09013v2
2017-01-11
Antiferromagnetic structure and electronic properties of BaCr2As2 and BaCrFeAs2
The chromium arsenides BaCr2As2 and BaCrFeAs2 with ThCr2Si2 type structure (space group I4/mmm; also adopted by '122' iron arsenide superconductors) have been suggested as mother compounds for possible new superconductors. DFT-based calculations of the electronic structure evidence metallic antiferromagnetic ground sta...
1701.03127v1
2017-01-16
Comprehensive Timing and X-ray Spectral Analysis of GX 1+4
We present analysis of RXTE--PCA observations of GX 1+4 between March 3, 2001 and January 31, 2003 together with the CGRO--BATSE X-ray flux and frequency derivative time series between 1991 and 1999. From the timing analysis of RXTE-PCA observations, we are able to phase connect pulse arrival times of the source within...
1701.04328v2
2017-01-17
Phase diagram and neutron spin resonance of superconducting NaFe$_{1-x}$Cu$_x$As
We use transport and neutron scattering to study the electronic phase diagram and spin excitations of NaFe$_{1-x}$Cu$_x$As single crystals. Similar to Co- and Ni-doped NaFeAs, a bulk superconducting phase appears near $x\approx2\%$ with the suppression of stripe-type magnetic order in NaFeAs. Upon further increasing Cu...
1701.04874v1
2017-01-20
Tuning sizes, morphologies, and magnetic properties of mono- vs. multi-core iron oxide nanoparticles through control of added water in the polyol synthesis
The polyol route is a versatile and up-scalable method to produce large batches of iron oxide nanoparticles with well-defined structure and magnetic properties. Controlling parameters such as temperature and duration of reaction, heating profile, nature of polyol solvent or of organometallic precursors were reported in...
1701.05858v3
2017-01-28
Deep Recurrent Neural Network for Protein Function Prediction from Sequence
As high-throughput biological sequencing becomes faster and cheaper, the need to extract useful information from sequencing becomes ever more paramount, often limited by low-throughput experimental characterizations. For proteins, accurate prediction of their functions directly from their primary amino-acid sequences h...
1701.08318v1
2017-02-28
Neutrino Emission from Supernovae
Supernovae are the most powerful cosmic sources of MeV neutrinos. These elementary particles play a crucial role when the evolution of a massive star is terminated by the collapse of its core to a neutron star or a black hole and the star explodes as supernova. The release of electron neutrinos, which are abundantly pr...
1702.08713v1
2017-03-24
Role of the orbital degree of freedom in iron-based superconductors
Almost a decade has passed since the serendipitous discovery of the iron-based high temperature superconductors (FeSCs) in 2008. The question of how much similarity the FeSCs have with the copper oxide high temperature superconductors emerged since the initial discovery of long-range antiferromagnetism in the FeSCs in ...
1703.08622v2
2017-07-04
Blocking metal accretion onto population III stars by stellar wind
Low-mass population III (PopIII) stars of $\lesssim 0.8 M_{\odot}$ could survive up until the present. Non-detection of low-mass PopIII stars in our Galaxy has already put a stringent constraint on the initial mass function (IMF) of PopIII stars, suggesting that PopIII stars have a top-heavy IMF. On the other hand, som...
1707.00989v1
2017-07-05
Interactions between Coherent Twin Boundaries and Phase Transition of Iron under Dynamic Loading and Unloading
Under high pressures, phase transition, as well as deformation twins, are constantly reported in many BCC metals, whose interactions are of fundamental importance to understand strengthen mechanism of these metals under extreme conditions. However, the interactions between twins and phase transition in BCC metals are r...
1707.01276v1
2017-07-06
Phonon Spectra in the Parent Superconducting Iron-tuned Telluride Fe$_{1+x}$Te from Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Ab Initio Calculations
We report inelastic neutron scattering measurements of phonon spectra in the parent superconductor iron-tuned chalcogenide Fe$_{1+x}$Te, for two different x contents (x $\leq$ 0.11), using neutron time-of-flight technique. Thermal neutron spectroscopy allowed to collect the low-temperature Stokes spectra over an extend...
1707.01970v2
2017-07-17
Coupling of structure to magnetic and superconducting orders in quasi-one-dimensional $\text{K}_2\text{Cr}_3\text{As}_3$
Quasi-one-dimensional $A_2\text{Cr}_3\text{As}_3$ (with $A = \text{K, Cs, Rb}$) is an intriguing new family of superconductors which exhibit many similar features to the cuprate and iron-based unconventional superconductor families. Yet in contrast to these systems, no charge or magnetic ordering has been observed whic...
1707.05286v1
2017-07-20
Nuclear absorption and emission in the AGN merger NGC 6240: the hard X-ray view
We present the analysis of four NuSTAR observations of the luminous infrared galaxy merger NGC 6240, hosting a close pair of highly obscured active galactic nuclei (AGN). Over a period of about two years, the source exhibits hard X-ray variability of the order of 20 per cent, peaking around 20 keV. When the two AGN are...
1707.07613v1
2017-08-18
Superconductivity across Lifshitz transition and anomalous insulating state in surface K-dosed (Li0.8Fe0.2OH)FeSe
In the iron-based superconductors, understanding the relation between superconductivity and electronic structure upon doping is crucial for exploring the pairing mechanism. Recently it was found that in iron selenide (FeSe), enhanced superconductivity (Tc over 40K) can be achieved via electron doping, with the Fermi su...
1708.05635v1
2017-09-01
Two-dimensional Massless Dirac Fermions in Antiferromagnetic AFe2As2 (A = Ba, Sr)
We report infrared studies of AFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ (A = Ba, Sr), two representative parent compounds of iron-arsenide superconductors, at magnetic fields (B) up to 17.5 T. Optical transitions between Landau levels (LLs) were observed in the antiferromagnetic states of these two parent compounds. Our observation of a $\sqr...
1709.00203v1
2017-09-08
Machine learning modeling of superconducting critical temperature
Superconductivity has been the focus of enormous research effort since its discovery more than a century ago. Yet, some features of this unique phenomenon remain poorly understood; prime among these is the connection between superconductivity and chemical/structural properties of materials. To bridge the gap, several m...
1709.02727v2
2017-09-15
Angular dependence of vortex instability in a layered superconductor: the case study of Fe(Se,Te) material
Anisotropy effects on flux pinning and flux flow are strongly effective in cuprate as well as iron-based superconductors due to their intrinsically layered crystallographic structure. However $\textrm{Fe(Se,Te)}$ thin films grown on $\textrm{CaF}_2$ substrate result less anisotropic with respect to all the other iron b...
1709.05089v3
2017-10-04
Surface abundance and the hunt for stratification in chemically peculiar hot subdwarfs: PG 0909+276 and UVO 0512-08
Edelmann (2003) identified two chemically peculiar hot subdwarfs, PG 0909+276 and UVO 0512-08, as having very high overabundances of iron-group elements. We obtained high-resolution ultraviolet spectroscopy in order to measure abundances of species not observable in the optical, and to seek evidence for chemical strati...
1710.01663v1
2017-10-18
Using MRI Cell Tracking to Monitor Immune Cell Recruitment in Response to a Peptide-Based Cancer Vaccine
Purpose: MRI cell tracking can be used to monitor immune cells involved in the immunotherapy response, providing insight into the mechanism of action, temporal progression of tumour growth and individual potency of therapies. To evaluate whether MRI could be used to track immune cell populations in response to immunoth...
1710.06817v1
2017-11-02
Constraining planet structure and composition from stellar chemistry: trends in different stellar populations
The chemical composition of stars that have orbiting planets provides important clues about the frequency, architecture, and composition of exoplanet systems. We explore the possibility that stars from different galactic populations that have different intrinsic abundance ratios may produce planets with a different ove...
1711.00777v1
2017-11-08
Matrix-assisted fabrication and exotic charge mobility of (Li,Fe)OHFeSe superconductor films
Superconducting (Li1-xFex)OHFe1-ySe films are attractive for both the basic research and practical application. However, the conventional vapor deposition techniques are not applicable in synthesizing the films of such a complex system. So no intrinsic charge transport measurements on the films are available so far to ...
1711.02920v1
2017-11-17
Nematic superconducting state in iron pnictide superconductors
Nematic order often breaks the tetragonal symmetry of iron-based superconductors. It arises from regular structural transition or electronic instability in the normal phase. Here, we report the observation of a nematic superconducting state, by measuring the angular dependence of the in-plane and out-of-plane magnetore...
1711.06383v1
2017-11-17
Frustrated magnetism in tetragonal CoSe, analogue to superconducting FeSe
Recently synthesized metastable tetragonal CoSe, isostructural to the FeSe superconductor, offers a new avenue for investigating systems in close proximity to the iron-based superconductors. We present magnetic and transport property measurements on powders and single crystals of CoSe. High field magnetic susceptibilit...
1711.06725v2
2017-11-21
The X-ray footprint of the CircumNuclear Disk
We studied the central regions of the Galactic Centre to determine if the CircumNuclear Disk (CND) acts as an absorber or a barrier for the central X-rays diffuse emission. After reprocessing 4.6Ms of Chandra observations, we were able to detect, for the first time, a depression in the X-ray luminosity of the diffuse e...
1711.07841v1
2017-11-28
SFXTs versus classical SgXBs: Does the difference lie in the companion wind?
We present a comparative study of stellar winds in classical supergiant high mass X-ray binaries (SgXBs) and supergiant fast X-ray transients (SFXTs) based on the analysis of publicly available out-of-eclipse observations performed with Suzaku and XMM-Newton. Our data-set includes 55 observations of classical SgXBs and...
1711.10510v3
2017-12-04
Chemical fingerprints of hot Jupiter planet formation
The current paradigm to explain the presence of Jupiters with small orbital periods (P $<$ 10 days; hot Jupiters) that involves their formation beyond the snow line following inward migration, has been challenged by recent works that explored the possibility of in situ formation. We aim to test whether stars harbouring...
1712.01035v2
2017-12-04
Protonation induced high-Tc phases in iron-based superconductors evidenced by NMR and magnetization measurements
Chemical substitution during growth is a well-established method to manipulate electronic states of quantum materials, and leads to rich spectra of phase diagrams in cuprate and iron-based superconductors. Here we report a novel and generic strategy to achieve nonvolatile electron doping in series of (i.e. 11 and 122 s...
1712.01191v4
2017-12-06
Constraining the final fates of massive stars by oxygen and iron enrichment history in the Galaxy
Recent observational studies of core-collapse supernovae suggest only stars with zero-age main sequence masses smaller than $16$-$18\ M_\odot$ explode when they are red supergiants, producing type IIP supernovae. This may imply that more massive stars produce other types of supernovae or they simply collapse to black h...
1712.02013v1
2017-12-06
Interaction of the accretion flows in corona and disk near the black hole in AGN
Accretion flows toward black holes can be of a quite different nature, described as an optically thick cool gas flow in a disk for high accretion rates or as a hot coronal optically thin gas flow for low accretion rates, possibly affected by outflowing gas. The detection of broad iron emission lines in active galactic ...
1712.02031v1
2017-12-24
Search For Gravitational Redshifted Absorption Lines In LMXB Serpens X-1
The equation of state for ultra-dense matter can be tested from observations of the ratio of mass to radius of neutron stars. This could be measured precisely from the redshift of a narrow line produced on the surface. X-rays bursts have been intensively searched for such features, but so far without detection. Here in...
1712.08918v1
2018-01-09
Diverse fluctuations and anisotropic Gr{\" u}neisen parameter behavior in iron-based superconductor Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ and their correlation with superconductivity
In this study, the temperature dependence of elastic constants $C_{11}$, $C_{33}$, $C_{\rm E} = (C_{11}-C_{12})/2$, $C_{66}$ and $C_{44}$ of the iron-based superconductor Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$As$_{2}$ (0 $\leqq x \leqq$ 0.245) have been measured. This system shows a large elastic softening in $C_{66}$ towards lo...
1801.02791v1
2018-01-13
Advanced first-principles theory of superconductivity including both lattice vibrations and spin fluctuations: The case of FeB$_4$
We present an advanced method to study spin fluctuations in superconductors quantitatively, and entirely from first principles. This method can be generally applied to materials where electron-phonon coupling and spin fluctuations coexist. We employ it here to examine the recently synthesized superconductor iron tetrab...
1801.04421v1
2018-01-15
Unconventional Charge Density Wave Order in the Pnictide Superconductor Ba(Ni$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$
Ba(Ni$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ is a structural homologue of the pnictide high temperature superconductor, Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$, in which the Fe atoms are replaced by Ni. Superconductivity is highly suppressed in this system, reaching a maximum $T_c$ = 2.3 K, compared to 24 K in its iron-based cousin, and the ...
1801.04874v2
2018-01-26
Models for the Unusual Supernova iPTF14hls
Supernova iPTF14hls maintained a bright, variable luminosity for more than 600 days, while lines of hydrogen and iron in its spectrum had different speeds, but showed little evolution. Here several varieties of models are explored for iPTF14hls-like events. They are based upon circumstellar medium (CSM) interaction in ...
1801.08666v1
2018-03-01
Hydrogen Diffusion and Trapping in α-Iron: The Role of Quantum and Anharmonic Fluctuations
We investigate the thermodynamics and kinetics of a hydrogen interstitial in magnetic {\alpha}-iron, taking account of the quantum fluctuations of the proton as well as the anharmonicities of lattice vibrations and hydrogen hopping. We show that the diffusivity of hydrogen in the lattice of BCC iron deviates strongly f...
1803.00600v1
2018-03-02
Topological Dirac semimetal phase in the iron-based superconductor Fe(Te,Se)
Topological Dirac semimetals (TDSs) exhibit bulk Dirac cones protected by time reversal and crystal symmetry, as well as surface states originating from non-trivial topology. While there is a manifold possible onset of superconducting order in such systems, few observations of intrinsic superconductivity have so far be...
1803.00845v1
2018-03-20
Further insight on the hypervelocity white dwarf, LP 40-365 (GD 492): a nearby emissary from a single-degenerate Type Ia supernova
The recently discovered hypervelocity white dwarf LP 40-65 (aka GD 492) has been suggested as the outcome of the failed disruption of a white dwarf in a sub-luminous Type Ia supernova (SN Ia). We present new observations confirming GD 492 as a single star with unique spectral features. Our spectroscopic analysis sugges...
1803.07564v1
2018-04-07
Bare and Polymer Coated Iron Oxide Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Effective Removal of U (VI) from Acidic and Neutral Aqueous Medium
Superparamagnetic {\gamma}-Fe2O3 nanoparticles (5 nm diameter) were synthesized in water. The bare particles exhibit good colloidal stability at ~ pH 2 because of the strong electrostatic repulsion with a surface charge of +25 mV. The polyacrylic acid (PAA)-coated particles exhibit remarkable colloidal stability at ~ p...
1804.02522v1
2018-04-10
Absence of superconductivity in iron polyhydrides at high pressures
Recently, C. M. P\'epin \textit{et al.} [Science \textbf{357}, 382 (2017)] reported the formation of several new iron polyhydrides FeH$_x$ at pressures in the megabar range, and spotted FeH$_5$, which forms above 130 GPa, as a potential high-\tc \ superconductor, because of an alleged layer of dense metallic hydrogen. ...
1804.03572v2
2018-04-13
A Long Serendipitous XMM-Newton Observation of the Intermediate Polar XY Ari
XY Ari is one of the few known eclipsing intermediate polars. We present results from a detailed analysis of an unpublished archival observation using XMM-Newton EPIC pn and MOS data in a quiescent state of XY Ari. The X-ray orbital modulation and spin pulse variations were investigated for energy dependent modulations...
1804.04825v1
2018-04-23
Spectral and Timing Properties of Atoll Source 4U 1705-44 : LAXPC/AstroSat Results
In this paper, we present the first results of spectral and timing properties of the atoll source 4U 1705-44 using $\sim$ 100 ks data obtained with Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) onboard {\it AstroSat}. The source was in the high-soft state during our observations and traced out a {\it banana track} in t...
1804.08371v1
2018-05-10
A Tale of Two Metals: contrasting criticalities in the pnictides and hole-doped cuprates
The iron-based high temperature superconductors share a number of similarities with their copper-based counterparts, such as reduced dimensionality, proximity to states of competing order, and a critical role for 3d electron orbitals. Their respective temperature-doping phase diagrams also contain certain commonalities...
1805.03866v1
2018-05-10
Stabilization of $s$-wave superconductivity through arsenic $p$-orbital hybridization in electron-doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$
Using random-phase approximation spin-fluctuation theory, we study the influence of the hybridization between iron $d$-orbitals and pnictide $p$-orbitals on the superconducting pairing state in iron-based superconductors. The calculations are performed for a 16-orbital Hubbard-Hund tight-binding model of BaFe$_2$As$_2$...
1805.04181v2
2018-05-30
Tracking the Iron K$α$ line and the Ultra Fast Outflow in NGC 2992 at different accretion states
The Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2992 has been monitored eight times by XMM-Newton in 2010 and then observed again in 2013, while in 2015 it was simultaneously targeted by Swift and NuSTAR. XMM-Newton always caught the source in a faint state (2-10 keV fluxes ranging from 0.3 to 1.6$\times10^{-11}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$) but ...
1805.12149v1
2018-06-04
Towards a systematically improvable many-body description of antiferromagnetic iron oxide
We report variational and fixed-node diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) calculations of anti-ferromagnetic iron oxide (FeO) in the ground state B1 crystal structure. The goal of this study was a systematic investigation of the sensitivity of several ground state properties to a variety of QMC wave function generation ...
1806.01383v2
2018-09-04
Anomalous peak effect in iron-based superconductors Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ ($x \approx$ 0.69 and 0.76) for magnetic-field directions close to the $ab$ plane and its possible relation to the spin paramagnetic effect
We report magnetic torque measurements on iron-pnictide superconductors Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_2$As$_2$ ($x \approx$ 0.69 and 0.76) up to an applied field of $B_a$ = 45 T. The peak effect is observed in torque-vs-field curves below the irreversibility field. It is enhanced and becomes asymmetric as the field is tilted from...
1809.00762v3
2018-09-07
Electron-magnon scattering in elementary ferromagnets from first principles: lifetime broadening and band anomalies
We study the electron-magnon scattering in bulk Fe, Co, and Ni within the framework of many-body perturbation theory implemented in the full-potential linearized augmented-plane-wave method. To this end, a $\mathbf{k}$-dependent self-energy ($GT$ self-energy) describing the scattering of electrons and magnons is constr...
1809.02395v2
2018-09-21
Electronic Spin transition in FeO$_{2}$: evidence for Fe(II) with peroxide O$_{2}^{2-}$
The discovery of FeO$_{2}$ containing more oxygen than hematite (Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$) that was previously believed to be the most oxygen rich iron compounds, has important implications on the study of the deep lower mantle compositions. Compared to other iron compounds, there are limited reports on FeO$_{2}$ making studies...
1809.07969v1
2018-09-24
The Variable Relativistic Outflow of IRAS 13224-3809
The discovery of an ultrafast outflow has been reported in the z=0.0658 narrow line Seyfert galaxy IRAS 13224-3809 (Parker et al. 2017a). The ultrafast outflow was first inferred through the detection of highly blueshifted absorption lines (Parker et al. 2017a) and then confirmed with a principal component analysis (PC...
1809.09138v1
2018-11-06
Energy scale of nematic ordering in the parent iron-based superconductor:BaFe2As2
Nematicity plays an important role in the physics of iron-based superconductors (IBS). Its microscopic origin and in particular its importance for the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity itself are highly debated. A crucial knowledge in this regard is the degree to which the nematic order influences the ele...
1811.02430v2
2018-11-14
Giant anisotropy in superconducting single crystals of CsCa$_2$Fe$_4$As$_4$F$_2$
CsCa$_2$Fe$_4$As$_4$F$_2$ is a newly discovered iron-based superconductor with $T_\mathrm{c}\sim$ 30 K containing double Fe$_2$As$_2$ layers that are separated by insulating Ca$_2$F$_2$ spacer layers. Here we report the transport and magnetization measurements on CsCa$_2$Fe$_4$As$_4$F$_2$ single crystals grown for the ...
1811.05706v1
2018-12-04
Adsorption and dissociation of iron phthalocyanine on H/Si(111): Impact of van-der-Waals interactions and perspectives for subsurface doping
The adsorption of iron phthalocyanine (FePc) on the passivated H/Si(111) surface is explored from first principles. We find that the organic molecule is predominantly physisorbed with a distance to the surface of $2.6 \pm 0.1$ Angstrom, but also exhibits sizable resonance with the underlying substrate. This establishes...
1812.01639v3
2018-12-06
Artificially Engineered Nanostrain in Iron Chalcogenide Superconductor Thin Film for Enhancing Supercurrent
Although nanoscale deformation, such as nanostrain in iron chalcogenide (FeSexTe1-x, FST) thin films, has attracted attention owing to the enhancement of general superconducting properties, including critical current density (Jc) and critical transition temperature, its formation has proven to be an extremely challengi...
1812.02380v3
2018-12-13
Emergent XY electronic nematicity in iron-based superconductors
Electronic nematicity, a correlated state that spontaneously breaks rotational symmetry, is observed in several layered quantum materials. In contrast to their liquid-crystal counterparts, the nematic director cannot usually point in an arbitrary direction (XY nematics), but is locked by the crystal to discrete directi...
1812.05267v2
2018-12-13
Visualizing the Nonlinear Coupling between Strain and Electronic Nematicity in the Iron Pnictides by Elasto-Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
Mechanical strain is a powerful technique for tuning electronic structure and interactions in quantum materials. In a system with tetragonal symmetry, a tunable uniaxial in-plane strain can be used to probe nematic correlations in the same way that a tunable magnetic field is used to probe magnetic correlations. Here, ...
1812.05287v1
2018-12-20
The long-term evolution and appearance of Type Iax postgenitor stars
Type Iax supernovae may arise from failed explosions of white dwarfs that leave behind a bound remnant (i.e., a "postgenitor" star) that could be identified in wide field surveys. To understand their observational signatures, we simulate these white dwarf (WD) postgenitors from shortly after explosion until they move b...
1812.08793v2
2019-02-14
Photoionization Emission Models for the Cyg X-3 X-ray Spectrum
We present model fits to the X-ray line spectrum of the well known High Mass X-ray binary Cyg X-3. The primary observational dataset is a spectrum taken with the $Chandra$ X-ray Observatory High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG) in 2006, though we compare it to all the other observations of this source taken so far by...
1902.05589v3
2019-02-28
Quantum phase transition inside the superconducting dome of Ba(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ probed by optical magneto-sensing using NV-centers in diamond
While unusual normal state properties, such as non-Fermi liquid behavior of the resistivity, are commonly associated with strong quantum fluctuations, evidence for its presence inside the superconducting dome are much scarcer. In this paper, we use sensitive and minimally invasive optical magnetometry based on NV-cente...
1903.00053v2
2019-03-01
Observations of the Ultraviolet-Bright Star Barnard 29 in the Globular Cluster M13 (NGC 6205)
We have analyzed FUSE, COS, GHRS, and Keck HIRES spectra of the UV-bright star Barnard 29 in M13 (NGC 6205). By comparing the photospheric abundances derived from multiple ionization states of C, N, O, Si, and S, we infer an effective temperature T_eff = 21,400 +/- 400 K. Balmer-line fits yield a surface gravity log g ...
1903.00350v1
2019-03-04
Structural and magnetic properties in sputtered iron oxide epitaxial thin films -- Magnetite Fe$_3$O$_4$ and epsilon ferrite e-Fe$_2$O$_3$
Epitaxial thin film fabrication of iron oxides including magnetite Fe3O4 and epsilon-ferrite epsilon-Fe2O3 with the potential for advancing electromagnetic devices has been investigated, which led to the first ever epsilon-ferrite epitaxial layer being synthesized in the conventional sputtering process. Concerning Fe3O...
1903.01022v1
2019-03-11
The Nematic Energy Scale and the Missing Electron Pocket in FeSe
Superconductivity emerges in proximity to a nematic phase in most iron-based superconductors. It is therefore important to understand the impact of nematicity on the electronic structure. Orbital assignment and tracking across the nematic phase transition prove to be challenging due to the multiband nature of iron-base...
1903.04557v2
2019-03-14
3D visualizations of nano-scale phase separation and ultrafast dynamic correlation between phases in (Na0.32K0.68)0.95Fe1.75Se2
Phase separation of metallic and antiferromagnetic (AFM) insulating phases in alkaline iron selenides (AxFe2-ySe2) continues to attract intense interest because the relationship between two peculiar features probably is a key to clarifying the pairing mechanism of AxFe2-ySe2 superconductors. Here we report that the 3D ...
1903.05797v1
2019-03-15
Band-selective clean- and dirty-limit superconductivity with nodeless gaps in the bilayer iron-based superconductor CsCa$_2$Fe$_4$As$_4$F$_2$
The optical properties of the new iron-based superconductor CsCa$_2$Fe$_4$As$_4$F$_2$ with $T_c \sim 29$~K have been determined. In the normal state a good description of the low-frequency response is obtained with a superposition of two Drude components of which one has a very low scattering rate (narrow Drude-peak) a...
1903.06466v1
2019-05-07
Single-parameter scaling in the magnetoresistance of optimally doped La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_4$
We show that the recent magnetoresistance data on thin-film La$_{2-x}$Sr$_{x}$CuO$_4$ (LSCO) in strong magnetic fields ($B$) obeys a single-parameter scaling of the form MR$(B,T)=f(\mu_H(T)B)$, where $\mu_H^{-1}(T)\sim T^{\alpha}$ ($1\le\alpha\le2$), from $T=180$K until $T\sim20$K, at which point the single-parameter s...
1905.02737v1
2019-05-13
Kinetics of phase separation, border of miscibility gap in Fe-Cr and limit of Cr solubility in iron at 832 K
Kinetics of phase decomposition accompanied by precipitation of sigma-phase in a Fe73.7Cr26.3 alloy isothermally annealed at 832 K was studied by means of M\"ossbauer spectroscopy. Two stage decomposition process has been revealed by three different quantities viz. the average hyperfine field, <H>, the short-range para...
1905.05156v1
2019-05-24
The empirical aspects of Eliashberg formalism for the superconducting mechanism in Iron-based superconductors
We have investigated experimentally how properties of NdFeAsO0.8F0.2 superconductor affected due to the substitution of the Ca2+/Nd3+ doping. Based on the XRD data refinement, various structural parameters such as lattice parameters, bond angles, bond length, and etc. were studied. We have determined the upper limit of...
1905.11378v1
2019-05-28
Photo-induced Superconducting State with Long-lived Disproportionate Band Filling in FeSe
Photo-excitation is a very powerful way to instantaneously drive a material into a novel quantum state without any fabrication, and variable ultrafast techniques have been developed to observe how electron-, lattice-, and spin-degrees of freedom change. One of the most spectacular phenomena is photo-induced superconduc...
1905.12138v1
2019-05-29
Photoinduced nematic state in FeSe$_{0.4}$Te$_{0.6}$
FeSe$_{x}$Te$_{1-x}$ compounds present a complex phase diagram, ranging from the nematicity of FeSe to the $(\pi, \pi)$ magnetism of FeTe. We focus on FeSe$_{0.4}$Te$_{0.6}$, where the nematic ordering is absent at equilibrium. We use a time-resolved approach based on femtosecond light pulses to study the dynamics foll...
1905.12448v1
2019-05-30
Quantum dynamics of hydrogen in iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO0.9D0.1 measured with inelastic neutron spectroscopy
Inelastic neutron scattering was performed for an iron-based superconductor LaFeAsO0.9D0.1, where most of D (deuterium) replaces oxygen, while a tiny amount goes into interstitial sites. By first-principle calculation, we characterize the interstitial sites for D (and for H slightly mixed) with four equivalent potentia...
1905.12826v2
2019-05-30
Changes in long-term properties of the Danube river level and flow induced by damming
In this paper we assessed changes in scaling properties of the river Danube level and flow data, associated with building of Djerdap/Iron Gates hydrological power plants positioned on the border of Romania and Serbia. We used detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA), wavelet transform spectral analysis (WTS) and wavelet-ba...
1905.13144v2
2019-08-06
FeOOH instability at the lower mantle conditions
Goethite, {\alpha}-FeOOH, is a major component among oxidized iron species, called rust, which formed as a product of metabolism of anoxygenic prokaryotes (1, 2) inhabiting the Earth from about 3.8 billion years (Gy) ago until the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) of about 2.5 Gy ago. The rust was buried on the ocean floor (...
1908.02114v1