Low Temperature Physics http://scitation.aip.org/ Low Temperature Physics Experimental observation of spontaneous spin polarization of electrons in hybridized states of transition element impurities in semiconductors http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/384/1&agg=rss V. I. Okulov, T. E. Govorkova, I. V. Zhevstovskikh, A. T. Lonchakov, K. A. Okulova et al.<br/> Experimental evidence of the possible existence of spontaneous spin polarization of the electron system in hybridized states formed by transition element impurity atoms in the conduction band of semiconducting crystals is examined. The details of a quantitative interpretation of experiments on the t ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 384 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. The effect of infrared radiation on quantum magnetotransport in n-InGaAs/GaAs with two strongly coupled quantum wells http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/374/1&agg=rss S. V. Gudina, Yu. G. Arapov, V. N. Neverov, S. M. Podgornykh, and M. V. Yakunin<br/> Longitudinal rho(B) and Hall rho(B) magnetoresistances are measured as a function of transverse magnetic field in n-InGaAs/GaAs nanostructures with strongly coupled double quantum wells in the temperature range T = 0.0560 K and magnetic fields B = 016 T before and after low-temperature infrared irra ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 374 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. The effect of glass transition in fullerite C on Ar impurity diffusion http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/370/1&agg=rss A. V. Dolbin, V. B. Esel'son, V. G. Gavrilko, V. G. Manzhelii, N. A. Vinnikov et al.<br/> The kinetics of sorption and subsequent desorption of argon gas by powdered fullerite C has been investigated in the temperature interval 58290 K. The temperature dependence of the Ar diffusion coefficients in fullerite has been obtained using measured characteristic times of sorption. The diffusion ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 370 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Magneto-intersubband oscillations of the kinetic coefficients of a two-dimensional system with a spin-orbit interaction http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/378/1&agg=rss S. G. Novokshonov<br/> The temperature dependence of the Shubnikovde Haas oscillations of longitudinal magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron system with the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is analyzed by using the expression for conductivity derived by S. G. Novokshonov and A. G. Groshev, Phys. Rev. B 74, 245333 ( ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 378 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. An excess current in Bi2223Ag contacts above the critical temperature http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/323/1&agg=rss A. I. Dyachenko, V. Yu. Tarenkov, S. L. Sidorov, V. N. Varyukhin, and A. L. Soloviev<br/> In contacts normal metalsuperconductor BiPbSrCaCuO (Bi2223), the energy gap Delta(T) of the superconductor and the excess current I(T) were measured by means of the Andreev spectroscopy. It is shown that the parameter Delta(T) turns to zero at the superconducting transition temperature of the cuprat ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 323 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Dynamics of electron temperature and the relaxation times of electronphonon system of a metal film http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/357/1&agg=rss A. I. Bezuglyi and V. A. Shklovskij<br/> A nonlinear integro-differential dynamic equation for electron temperature T has been obtained for the case of transient heating of a metal film at low temperatures. The equation describes the process of heat transfer from electrons to phonons and the exchange of phonons between the film and the sub ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 357 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Grain size effect on magnetic properties of REMnO (RE = Pr, Nd) http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/351/1&agg=rss V. Dyakonov, W. Bazela, R. Duraj, M. Dul, Z. Kravchenko et al.<br/> X-ray diffraction and magnetic using dc and ac methods measurements of the polycrystalline and nanosize REMnO (RE = Pr, Nd) powdered samples have been performed. The nanosize manganites were synthesized with a sol-gel method at different (800, 850 and 900 degrees C) temperatures. The average size o ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 351 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Surface magnetic anisotropy of CoFeO nanoparticles with a giant low-temperature hysteresis http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/365/1&agg=rss K. A. Mozul', L. P. Ol'khovik, Z. I. Sizova, A. N. Bludov, V. A. Pashchenko et al.<br/> Ferrimagnetic nanoparticles of CoFeO about 416 nm in diameter were synthesized by pyrolysis of a mixture of Fe and Co acetylacetonates. The field dependences of magnetization and hysteresis loops were investigated in magnetic fields up to 4000 kA/m at various temperatures from 4.2 to 500 K. A consid ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 365 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Boundaries of the critical state stability in a hard superconductor NbAl in the HT plane http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/329/1&agg=rss V. V. Chabanenko, S. V. Vasiliev, A. Nabialek, A. S. Shishmakov, F. Perez-Rodriguez et al.<br/> The instability of the critical state in a type-II superconductor NbAl is studied for the first time for simultaneous consideration of real dependences of thermal and conductive properties of the material on temperature T and magnetic field H. To do this the dependences of specific heat C(T,H), magn ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 329 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Magnetic properties of Ce ion in iron-containing oxypnictide CeFeAsO http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/343/1&agg=rss O. V. Gornostaeva, K. V. Lamonova, S. M. Orel, and Yu. G. Pashkevich<br/> Magnetic properties of a Ce ion in two crystallographic phases of a nonsuperconducting oxipnictide CeFeAsO were studied. Ce-ion energy levels, g-factor values, temperature dependences of magnetic susceptibility components and the forth-order anisotropy constant were calculated within a modified crys ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 343 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Structure and vibrational spectra of gauche- and trans-conformers of ethanol: Nonempirical anharmonic calculations and FTIR spectra in argon matrices http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/389/1&agg=rss G. A. Pitsevich, I. Yu. Doroshenko, V. Ye. Pogorelov, V. Sablinskas, and V. Balevicius<br/> Low-temperature infrared absorption spectra are obtained for ethanol isolated in an argon matrix at temperatures of 2045 K range for ratios of the numbers of the molecules being studied to the numbers of matrix atoms of 1:1000 and 1:2000. A preliminary interpretation of the spectra is obtained on th ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 389 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Domain non-reciprocity of electromagnetic waves in a centrosymmetric TbMnO http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/338/1&agg=rss I. E. Chupis<br/> The polariton spectrum in a centrosymmetric TbMnO is considered at low temperatures in a commensurate antiferromagnetic state after the spin-flop transition in a magnetic field. It is shown that a linear dependence of the electric polarization P on a magnetic field H, observed in this state, is caus ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 338 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. On the possibility of vortex creation in superfluid systems by crossed homogeneous magnetic and inhomogeneous electric fields http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/319/1&agg=rss S. I. Shevchenko<br/> In the article by Shevchenko and A. S. Rukin, Pis'ma v Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 90, 46 (2009), it has been found that quantized vortices in superfluid systems acquire a charge in a magnetic field. A compensating charge with the opposite sign on a surface of the system can be at a macroscopic distance ap ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 319 (2013)] published Fri Apr 26, 2013. Emerging evidence for FFLO states in layered organic superconductors (Review Article) http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/225/1&agg=rss R. Beyer and J. Wosnitza<br/> In this short review, we report on the recently found growing experimental evidence for the existence of FuldeFerrellLarkinOvchinnikov (FFLO) states in quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductors. At high magnetic fields aligned parallel to the conducting organic layers, we observe an upturn of th ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 225 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013. Charge density waves in d-wave superconductors: Thermodynamics and Josephson tunneling (Review Article) http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/232/1&agg=rss A. M. Gabovich and A. I. Voitenko<br/> The problem of coexistence between charge-density-waves (CDWs) and superconductivity is revisited. Recent evidence was analyzed for different classes of materials with the emphasis on high-T oxides. For the latter, the model of the d-wave or extended s-wave Cooper pairing competing with checkerboard ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 232 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013. Ferromagnetic resonance driven by an ac current: A brief review http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/247/1&agg=rss C. Wang, H. Seinige, and M. Tsoi<br/> Excitation of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) by an ac current has been observed in macroscopic ferromagnetic films for decades and typically relies on the ac Oersted field of the current to drive magnetic moments into precession and classical rectification of ac signals to detect the resonance. Recen ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 247 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013. Igor Kondratievich Yanson (19382011) On the 75th anniversary of his birth http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/187/1&agg=rss Yu. G. Naidyuk<br/> Abstract not available. [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 187 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013. Andreev-reflection spectroscopy with superconducting indiumA case study http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/252/1&agg=rss Kurt Gloos and Elina Tuuli<br/> We have investigated Andreev reflection at interfaces between superconducting indium (T = 3.4 K) and several normal conducting nonmagnetic metals (palladium, platinum, and silver) down to T = 0.1 K as well as zinc (T = 0.87 K) in its normal state at T = 2.5 K. We analyzed the point-contact spectra w ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 252 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013. Switchable zero-bias anomaly in individual C molecules contacted with tunable aluminum electrodes http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/259/1&agg=rss E. Scheer, T. Bohler, A. Edtbauer, S. Egle, A. Erbe et al.<br/> We report the observation of strong resonances at zero bias in the differential conductance through AlCAl junctions with tunable electrode distance, measured above T = 10 K. The conductance value at resonance ranges from a few percent up to eighty percent of the quantum of conductance. The resonance ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 259 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013. Wigner function description of a qubit-oscillator system http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/289/1&agg=rss James Allen and A. M. Zagoskin<br/> We derive Bloch-type equations of motion for the Wigner function of a qubit nonlinearly coupled to a linear oscillator, and investigate their application to the quantum-classical transition. ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 289 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013. Cathodic corrosion. I. Mechanism of corrosion via formation of metal anions in aqueous medium http://link.aip.org/link/?LTP/39/304/1&agg=rss Yu. I. Yanson and A. I. Yanson<br/> In this paper we describe an unusual electrochemical phenomenon, namely, cathodic corrosion of platinum. We show that all existing models of cathodic corrosion are inconsistent with our experimental observations. Therefore, we present a new model of cathodic corrosion, which is based on the assumpti ... [Low Temp. Phys. 39, 304 (2013)] published Wed Mar 27, 2013.