Superconductivity and magnetic interactions in Yb1.2−x Eu x Mo6S8 pseudoternary compounds

The superconducting and magnetic properties of the Yb_1.2–x Eu _x Mo₆S₈ series of compounds have been investigated by means of ac magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, and upper critical magnetic fieldH _c2 measurements. The superconducting transition temperature at ambient pressure is depressed by Eu additions, until superconductivity disappears completely atx0.7. For Eu concentrationsx<0.45,H _c2 is enhanced at low temperatures and exceeds the values for pure Yb_1.2Mo₆S₈. The temperature dependence ofH _c2 for the various Yb_1.2–x Eu _x Mo₆S₈ compounds is analyzed using a multiple pair-breaking theory that includes the compensation of the applied magnetic field by the negative exchange field produced by antiferromagnetic interactions between the conduction electron spins and the Eu²⁺ spins (Jaccarino-Peter effect). Hydrostatic pressure was found to induce superconductivity in all Eu-rich compositions that were not superconducting at ambient pressure.     

Extraordinary behaviour of the Y1?xPrxBa2Cu3O7?δ system

Investigations of Y_1–x M _x Ba₂Cu₃O_7– (M=Ce, Th)c-axis oriented thin film specimens show that the rate of depression ofT _c withx is larger for M=Th, than for M=Ce and Pr, and suggest that Ce, like Th, is tetravalent in this compound. Hall effect measurements on Y_1–x Pr _x Ba₂Cu₃O_7– single crystals reveal aT ² dependence of the cotangent of the Hall angle in the normal state and a negative Hall anomaly belowT _c in the superconducting state, in agreement with recent reports. Our research shows that the depth, , of the negative Hall signal scales withT/T _c and that the maximum value of decreases linearly withx and vanishes atx0.24. Magnetoresistance measurements on Y_1–x Pr _x Ba₂Cu₃O_7– single crystals indicate that the irreversibility lineH(T ^*) obeys a universal scaling relation characterized by anm=3/2 power law nearT _c, with a crossover to a more rapid temperature dependence of belowT/T _c 0.6, similar to that observed for polycrystalline specimens.     

Non fermi liquid ground states in strongly correlated f-electron materials

Experimental efforts to characterize and develop an understanding of non Fermi liquid (NFL) behavior at low temperature in f-electron materials are reviewed for three f-electron systems: M_1–xU_xPd₃ (M = Sc, Y), U_1–xTh_xPd₂Al₃, and UCu_5–xPd_x. The emerging systematics of NFL behavior in f-electron systems, based on the present sample of nearly ten f-electron systems, is updated. Many of the f-electron systems exhibit the following temperature dependences of the electrical resistivity p, specific heat C, and magnetic susceptibility for T T₀, where T_o is a characteristic temperature: P(T) 1 –aT/T ₀, where a < 0 or > 0, C(T)/T (-1/T _o) In (T/bT ₀), and (T) 1 –c(T/T_o)^1/2. In several of the f-electron systems, the characteristic temperature T_o can be identified with the Kondo temperature T_k.     

Guaranteeing hard real-time traffic with legitimately short deadlines with the timed token protocol

Synchronous bandwidth, defined as the maximum time a node is allowed to send its synchronous messages while holding the token, is a sensitive parameter for deadline guarantees of synchronous messages in any timed token network. In order to offer such guarantees, synchronous bandwidth has to be allocated carefully to each individual node. This paper studies the synchronous bandwidth allocated to those synchronous message streams whose deadlines are less than twice the Target Token Rotation Time (TTRT). A new approach for allocating synchronous bandwidth to such streams, which can be used with any previously published local synchronous bandwidth allocation (SBA) for guaranteeing a general synchronous message set with its minimum deadline (D_min) no less than 2 · TTRT, is proposed. The proposed scheme can be applied efficiently in practice to any general synchronous message set with D_min > TTRT. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the enhanced performance of this new local scheme over any of the previously published local SBA schemes.     

Demagnetization of Ce impurities in superconducting (La,Th)Ce alloys: Specific heat results

Detailed measurements of the specific heat jump C at the superconducting transition temperatureT _c as a function ofT _c are reported for several (La, Th)Ce systems. The measurements document the continuous demagnetization of the Ce impurity ions which proceeds with increasing Th concentration, and provide a critical test of a theory recently developed by Müller-Hartmann and Zittartz for the superconducting behavior of matrix-impurity systems which simultaneously exhibit both superconductivity and the Kondo effect.Research supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Grant No. AF-AFOSR-71-2073.Research supported by the University of Chile-University of California Cooperative Program sponsored by the Ford Foundation.     

Magnetic and superconducting properties of niobium oxides

Low temperature magnetic susceptibilities of niobium oxides have been measured. A homogeneous sample of NbO prepared by arc melting and checked by using X-ray and metallographic techniques exhibits no ferromagnetism but becomes superconducting at 1.20°K.     

Relative numerousness judgment and summation in young, middle-aged, and older adult orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii and Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus).

The ability to select the larger of two quantities ranging from 1 to 5 (relative numerousness judgment [RNJ[) and the ability to select the larger of two pairs of quantities with each pair ranging from 1 to 8 (summation) were evaluated in young, middle-aged, and older adult orangutans (7 Pongo pygmaeus abelii and 2 Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus). Summation accuracy and RNJ were similar to those of previous reports in apes; however, the pattern of age-related differences with regard to these tasks was different from that previously reported in gorillas. Older orangutans were less accurate than the young and middle-aged for RNJ, and summation accuracy was equivalent among age groups. Evidence was found to suggest that the young and middle-aged based their selection of the largest quantity pair on both quantities within each pair during the summation task. These results show a relationship between subject age and the quantitative abilities of adult orangutans. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)