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Zemma, E., and J. Luzuriaga. "Anomalous Trajectories of H2 Solid Particles Observed Near a Sphere Oscillating in Superfluid Turbulent 4He." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 173, no. 1-2 (2013): 71–79.
Abstract: Using a relatively low cost apparatus, consisting of a glass dewar and a digital camera capable of taking images at 240 frames per second we have observed trajectories of frozen H2 particles which follow the flow of liquid helium below 2 K, around a sphere oscillating at 38 Hz. In some of the images the motion is compatible with laminar flow, while at high amplitudes, where we can reach Reynolds numbers of a few thousand in the normal component, the flow is clearly turbulent. In some of the videos taken we find particles being suddenly accelerated to several times the velocity of the oscillating sphere.
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Maiorov, B., and E. Osquiguil. "Bose-glass-like phases in oriented-twin YBa2Cu3O7-? crystals." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 135, no. 1-2 (2004): 131–134.
Abstract: We experimentally study the dynamical response of the superconducting vortex system near the solid-liquid transition by applying forces parallel and perpendicular to a planar random defect array. Our results show that for magnetic fields above a certain critical field Hcr'? 4 T the solid glassy vortex phase in YBa2Cu3O7-? crystals with oriented twin planes does not correspond to the so-called Bose-glass phase.
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Sereni, J. G., J. G. Huber, C. A. Luengo, and M. B. Maple. "Calorimetric study of the magnetization of Ce impurities in superconducting Th-Y and Th-Sc alloys." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 30, no. 5-6 (1978): 729–737.
Abstract: Specific heat measurements are reported in detail for the Ce impurity in the superconducting matrix systems Th65Sc35Ce, Th80Y20Ce, and Th65Y35Ce. The variation of the specific heat jump DeltaC at the superconducting transition temperature T c is indicative of the magnetic nature of an impurity. For Th65Y35Ce a departure is found from the BCS law of corresponding states predicted for a nonmagnetic impurity. This departure is correlated with that observed for (La, Th)Ce systems and related to DeltaT c/n (initial slope of T c vs. n) and Ce effective size (implied by lattice parameter data).
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Hernandez, A., O. Ares, C. Hart, D. Domínguez, H. Pastoriza, and A. Butera. "Dissipation in mesoscopic superconductors with ac magnetic fields." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 135 (2004): 119–122.
Abstract: The response of mesoscopic superconductors to an ac magnetic field is investigated both experimentally
and with numerical simulations. We study small square samples with dimensions of the order of the penetration depth.
We obtain the ac susceptibitity $\chi=\chi'+\chi"$ at microwave frequencies as a function of the dc magnetic field
$H_{dc}$. We find that the dissipation, given by $\chi"$, has a non monotonous behavior in mesoscopic samples.
In the numerical simulations we obtain that the dissipation increases before the penetration of vortices and
then it decreases abruptly after vortices have entered, the sample. This is verified experimentally, where we
find that $\chi"$ has strong oscillations as a function of $H_{dc}$ in small squares of Pb
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Schmoranzer, D., Jackson, M., Zemma, E., Luzuriaga, J. "Double-Paddle Oscillators as Probes of Quantum Turbulence in the Zero Temperature Limit." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 185 (2016).
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Dolz, M. I., P. Pedrazzini, H. Pastoriza, M. Konczykowski, and Y. Fasano. "Effect of Quenched Disorder in the Entropy-Jump at the First-Order Vortex Phase Transition of Bi{2}Sr{2}CaCu{2}O{8 + \delta }." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 179, no. 1-2 (2015): 28–34.
Abstract: We study the effect of quenched disorder in the thermodynamic magnitudes entailed in the first-order vortex phase transition of the extremely layered Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+δ compound. We track the temperature-evolution of the enthalpy and the entropy jump at the vortex solidification transition by means of AC local magnetic measurements. Quenched disorder is introduced to the pristine samples by means of heavy-ion irradiation with Pb and Xe producing a random columnar-track pins distribution with different densities (matching field BΦ ). In contrast with previous magneto-optical reports, we find that the first-order phase transition persists for samples with BΦ up to 100 Gauss. For very low densities of quenched disorder (pristine samples), the evolution of the thermodynamic properties can be satisfactorily explained considering a negligible effect of pinning and only electromagnetic coupling between pancake vortices lying in adjacent CuO planes. This description is not satisfactory on increasing magnitude of quenched disorder.
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Sereni, J. G. "Entropy Bottlenecks at T->0 in Ce-Lattice and Related Compounds." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 179, no. 1-2 (2015): 126–137.
Abstract: A number of specific heat Cm anomalies are reported in Ce- and Yb-lattice compounds around 1 K which cannot be associated to usual phase transitions despite of their robust magnetic moments. Instead of a Cm(T) jump, these anomalies show coincident morphology: (i) a significant tail in Cm/T , with similar power law decay above their maxima ( T>Tm ), (ii) whereas a Cm(T2) dependence is observed below Tm . (iii) The comparison of their respective entropy gain Sm(T) indicates that ≈0.7R ln2 is condensed within the T>Tm tail, in coincidence with an exemplary spin-ice compound. Such amount of entropy arises from a significant increase of the density of low energy excitations, reflected in a divergent Cm(T>Tm)/T dependence. (iv) Many of their lattice structures present conditions for magnetic frustration. The origin of these anomalies can be attributed to an interplay between the divergent density of magnetic excitations at T→0 and the limited amount of degrees of freedom: Sm = R ln2 for a doublet-ground state. Due to this “entropy bottleneck,†the paramagnetic minimum of energy blurs out and the system slides into an alternative minimum through a continuous transition. A relevant observation in these very heavy fermion systems is the possible existence of an upper limit for Cm/TLimT→0 ≈7 J/mol K 2 observed in four Yb- and Pr-based compounds.
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Sereni, J. G. "Entropy Constraints in the Ground State Formation of Magnetically Frustrated Systems." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 190, no. 1-2 (2017): 1–19.
Abstract: A systematic modification of the entropy trajectory (Sm(T)) is observed at very low temperature in magnetically frustrated systems as a consequence of the constraint (Sm≥0) imposed by the Nernst postulate. The lack of magnetic order allows to explore and compare new thermodynamic properties by tracing the specific heat (Cm) behavior down to the sub-Kelvin range. Some of the most relevant findings are: (i) a common Cm/T|T→0≈7 J/mol K2 ‘plateau’ in at least five Yb-based very-heavy-fermions (VHF) compounds; (ii) quantitative and qualitative differences between VHF and standard non-Fermi-liquids; (iii) entropy bottlenecks governing the change of Sm(T) trajectories in a continuous transition into alternative ground states. A comparative analysis of Sm(T→0) dependencies is performed in compounds suitable for adiabatic demagnetization processes according to their ∂2Sm/∂T2 derivatives.
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Betancourth, D., V. F. Correa, and D. J. García. "Evidence of a Low Energy Anisotropy in GdCoIn_5." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 179, no. 1-2 (2015): 90–93.
Abstract: We investigate the effects of an applied magnetic field on the magnetic properties of the antiferromagnet GdCoIn 5 . The prominent anisotropy observed in the susceptibility below TN is rapidly suppressed by a field of just a few Tesla. Further evidence of this low energy-scale is obtained from magnetoresistance and magnetostriction experiments. The lattice length, particularly, shows a sudden change below 2 T when the magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the crystallographic c^ -axis.
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Pedrazzini, P., M. G. Berisso, O. Trovarelli, J. G. Sereni, and C. Geibel. "Evolution of the ground state in the ternary system CeT2Si2 (T=Cu, Rh and Pd)." Journal of Low Temperature Physics 135, no. 1-2 (2004): 143–146.
Abstract: The heavy fermion compounds CeCu2Si2, CeRh2Si2 and CePd2Si2 have been intensively investigated due to the non-conventional relation between superconductivity and magnetism. We have studied these compounds as constituents of a ternary system, where the Ce(RhxCu1-x)(2)Si-2, Ce(PdyRh1-y)(2)Si-2 and Ce(CuzPd1-z)(2)Si-2 alloys span the sides of a triangle with the respective stoichometric compounds at each vertex. In this article we discuss the evolution of the ground state throughout this ternary system, and we analyse (by means of the electrical resistivity) the influence of doping-induced disorder on the Kondo and magnetic ordering temperatures.
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