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DOE OSTI2014

Symmetry-dependent electron-electron interaction in coherent tunnel junctions resolved by measurements of zero-bias anomaly

We provide experimental evidence that zero bias anomaly in the differential resistance of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) is due to electron-electron interaction (EEI). Magnon effect is excluded by measuring at low temperatures down to 0.2 K and with reduced AC measurement voltages down to 0.06 mV. The normalized change of conductance is proportional to ln (eV /k B T ), consistent with the Altshuler-Aronov theory of tunneling with EEI but inconsistent with magnetic impurity scattering. The slope of the ln (eV /k B T ) dependence is symmetry dependent, i.e., MTJs with symmetry filtering show di erent slopes for P and AP states, while those without symmetry filtering (amorphous barriers) have nearly the same slopes for P and AP.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2016

Raman scattering study of spin-density-wave-induced anisotropic electronic properties in A Fe 2 As 2 ( A = Ca , Eu)

We present a polarization-resolved and temperature-dependent Raman scattering study of AFe 2 As 2 (A = Ca, Eu). In the spin-density-wave phase, spectral weight redistribution is observed in the fully symmetric and nonsymmetric scattering channels at different energies. An anisotropic Raman response is observed in the fully symmetric channel in spontaneously detwinned CaFe 2 As 2 samples. We calculate the orbital-resolved electronic structures using a combination of density functional theory and dynamical mean field theory. We identify the electronic transitions corresponding to these two spectral features and find that the anisotropic Raman response originates from the lifted degeneracy of the d xz/yz orbitals in the broken-symmetry phase.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2016

Disordered dimer state in electron-doped Sr 3 Ir 2 O 7

Spin excitations are explored in the electron-doped spin-orbit Mott insulator (Sr 1-x La x ) 3 Ir 2 O 7 . As this bilayer square lattice system is doped into the metallic regime, long-range antiferromagnetism vanishes, yet a spectrum of gapped spin excitation remains. Excitation lifetimes are strongly damped with increasing carrier concentration, and the energy-integrated spectral weight becomes nearly momentum independent as static spin order is suppressed. Local magnetic moments, absent in the parent system, grow in metallic samples and approach values consistent with one J=12 impurity per electron doped. Our combined data suggest that the magnetic spectra of metallic (Sr 1-x La x ) 3 Ir 2 O 7 are best described by excitations out of a disordered dimer state.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2017

Electronic and magnetic properties of epitaxial SrRh O 3 films

The strong interplay of fundamental order parameters in complex oxides is known to give rise to exotic physical phenomena. The 4$d$ transition-metal oxide SrRh O 3 has generated much interest, but advances have been hindered by difficulties in preparing single-crystalline phases. Here we epitaxially stabilize high-quality single-crystalline SrRh O 3 films and investigate their structural, electronic, and magnetic properties. Lastly, we determine that their properties significantly differ from the paramagnetic metallic ground state that governs bulk samples and are strongly related to rotations of Rh O 6 octahedra.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2019

Geometry and electronic structure of iridium adsorbed on graphene

We report investigation of the geometry and electronic structure of iridium atoms adsorbed onto graphene through a combined experimental and theoretical study. Ir atoms were deposited onto a flake of graphene on a Pt(111) surface and found to form clusters even at low temperatures. The areal density of the observed clusters on the graphene flake suggests the clusters are most likely pairs of Ir atoms. Theoretical ab initio density functional (DFT) calculations indicate that these Ir dimers are oriented horizontally, near neighboring "bridge" sites of the graphene lattice, as this configuration has the strongest adsorption energy of all high-symmetry configurations for the Ir dimer. A large peak in the local density of states (LDOS) at the Dirac point energy was measured via scanning tunneling spectroscopy, and this result is reproduced by a DFT calculation of the LDOS. The peak at the Dirac point energy is found to be from the Ir s and p states. Finally, the LDOS in the monomer case was also calculated, and is found to significantly differ from the experimentally determined data, further supporting the hypothesis of low-temperature clustering.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2015

Electron capture decay of 58-min U-229(92) and levels in Pa-229(91)

Electron capture decay of U-229 is investigated by measuring the gamma-ray and conversion electron spectra of mass-separated and unseparated U-229 sources with high-resolution germanium and silicon detectors, respectively. Gamma-gamma coincidence measurements are also performed using germanium detectors. These studies provide level energies and level ordering in Pa-229. Single-particle assignments are given to these levels which are in agreement with the systematics in this region and also with theory. In a previous study, we report the observation of a 5/2(+/-) parity doublet in the Pa-229 ground state, which is a signature of octupole deformation. The present analysis of the data still shows a splitting of 60 +/- 50 eV, but with this large uncertainty the existence of the doublet is not certain.

Ahmad, I.↗
DOE OSTI2016

Target and beam-target spin asymmetries in exclusive π + and π - electroproduction with 1.6- to 5.7-GeV electrons

Beam-target double-spin asymmetries and target single-spin asymmetries in exclusive pi(+) and quasiexclusive pi(-) electroproduction were obtained from scattering of 1.6- to 5.7-GeV longitudinally polarized electrons from longitudinally polarized protons (for pi(+)) and deuterons (for pi(-)) using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) at Jefferson Lab. The kinematic range covered is 1.1 < W < 2.6 GeV and 0.05 < Q(2) < 5 GeV2, with good angular coverage in the forward hemisphere. The asymmetry results were divided into approximately 40 000 kinematic bins for pi(+) from free protons and 15 000 bins for pi(-) production from bound nucleons in the deuteron. The present results are found to be in reasonable agreement with fits to previous world data for W < 1.7 GeV and Q(2) < 0.5 GeV2, with discrepancies increasing at higher values of Q(2), especially for W > 1.5 GeV. Very large target-spin asymmetries are observed for W > 1.6 GeV. When combined with cross-section measurements, the present results can provide powerful constraints on nucleon resonance amplitudes at moderate and large values of Q(2), for resonances with masses as high as 2.3 GeV.

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS↗
DOE OSTI2015

Measurement of electrons from semileptonic heavy-flavor hadron decays in p p collisions at s = 2.76 TeV

We measured the p T -differential production cross section of electrons from semileptonic decays of heavy-flavor hadrons at midrapidity in proton-proton collisions and at √s=2.76 TeV in the transverse momentum range 0.5 T <12 GeV/c with the ALICE detector at the LHC. Our analysis was performed using minimum bias events and events triggered by the electromagnetic calorimeter. Predictions from perturbative QCD calculations agree with the data within the theoretical and experimental uncertainties.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2015

High-contrast laser acceleration of relativistic electrons in solid cone-wire targets

Optimization of electron coupling into small solid angles is of extreme importance to applications, such as Fast Ignition, that require maximum electron energy deposition within a small volume. To optimize this coupling, we use the ultra-high-contrast Trident laser, which remains below intensity of 10 11 W/cm 2 until < 0.1 ns before the main pulse, while still attaining high-energy, 75 J, and peak intensity of 5 x 10 19 W/cm 2 . Using a cone-wire target, we find that the coupling into the 40 μm diameter wire is increased by a factor of 2.7x over the low-contrast Titan laser at similar peak intensity. Full-scale simulations are used to model the laser interaction and quantitatively reproduce the experimental results. These show that increase in coupling is due to both a closer interaction, as well as the reduction of laser filamentation and self-focusing.

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY↗
DOE OSTI2017

Density-functional calculations of transport properties in the nondegenerate limit and the role of electron-electron scattering

We compute electrical and thermal conductivities of hydrogen plasmas in the non-degenerate regime using Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory (DFT) and an application of the Kubo- Greenwood response formula, and demonstrate that for thermal conductivity, the mean-field treatment of the electron-electron (e-e) interaction therein is insufficient to reproduce the weak-coupling limit obtained by plasma kinetic theories. An explicit e-e scattering correction to the DFT is posited by appealing to Matthiessen's Rule and the results of our computations of conductivities with the quantum Lenard-Balescu (QLB) equation. Further motivation of our correction is provided by an argument arising from the Zubarev quantum kinetic theory approach. Significant emphasis is placed on our efforts to produce properly converged results for plasma transport using Kohn-Sham DFT, so that an accurate assessment of the importance and efficacy of our e-e scattering corrections to the thermal conductivity can be made.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
DOE OSTI2014

Two-Dimensional Electron Gases at LaAlO 3 /SrTiO 3 Interfaces: Orbital Symmetry and Hierarchy Engineered by Crystal Orientation

Recent findings show the emergence of two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at LaAlO 3 /SrTiO 3 interfaces along different orientations; yet details on band reconstructions have remained so far unknown. In this study, via x-ray linear dichroism spectroscopy, we demonstrate that crystal symmetry imposes distinctive 2DEG orbital hierarchies on (001)-and (110)-oriented quantum wells, allowing selective occupancy of states of different symmetry. Such orientational tuning expands the possibilities for electronic engineering of 2DEGs and opens up enticing opportunities to understand the link between orbital symmetry and complex correlated states at LaAlO 3 /SrTiO 3 quantum wells.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2014

Demonstration of Single-Crystal Self-Seeded Two-Color X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers

A scheme for generating two simultaneous hard-x-ray free-electron laser pulses with a controllable difference in photon energy is described and then demonstrated using the self-seeding setup at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). The scheme takes advantage of the existing LCLS equipment, which allows two independent rotations of the self-seeding diamond crystal. The two degrees of freedom are used to select two nearby crystal reflections, causing two wavelengths to be present in the forward transmitted seeding x-ray pulse. The free-electron laser system must support amplification at both desired wavelengths.

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ↗
DOE OSTI2015

Dynamic Pattern Formation in Electron-Beam-Induced Etching [Emergent formation of dynamic topographic patterns in electron beam induced etching]

Here, we report highly ordered topographic patterns that form on the surface of diamond, span multiple length scales, and have a symmetry controlled by the precursor gas species used in electron-beam-induced etching (EBIE). The pattern formation dynamics reveals an etch rate anisotropy and an electron energy transfer pathway that is overlooked by existing EBIE models. Therefore, we, modify established theory such that it explains our results and remains universally applicable to EBIE. Furthermore, the patterns can be exploited in controlled wetting, optical structuring, and other emerging applications that require nano- and microscale surface texturing of a wide band-gap material.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗
DOE OSTI2016

Mott Electrons in an Artificial Graphenelike Crystal of Rare-Earth Nickelate S.

Deterministic control over the periodic geometrical arrangement of the constituent atoms is the backbone of the material properties, which, along with the interactions, define the electronic and magnetic ground state. Following this notion, a bilayer of a prototypical rare-earth nickelate, NdNiO3, combined with a dielectric spacer, LaAlO3, has been layered along the pseudocubic [111] direction. The resulting artificial graphenelike Mott crystal with magnetic 3d electrons has antiferromagnetic correlations. In addition, a combination of resonant X-ray linear dichroism measurements and ab initio calculations reveal the presence of an ordered orbital pattern, which is unattainable in either bulk nickelates or nickelate based heterostructures grown along the [001] direction. These findings highlight another promising venue towards designing new quantum many-body states by virtue of geometrical engineering.

Middey, Srimanta↗