The nature of the emergent phase near a putative quantum critical point in the bilayer ruthenate Sr3Ru2O7 has been a recent subject of intensive research. It has been suggested that this phase may possess electronic nematic order (ENO). In this work, we investigate the possibility of nematic domain formation in the emergent phase, using a phenomenological model of electrons with ENO and its cou...

Non-Fermi liquid behaviour in single-crystalline U2Pt2In has been studied by means of resistivity experiments (I||c) under hydrostatic pressure (P<1.5 GPa). At ambient pressure the resistivity ρ(T) follows a power law ρ~T with α~0.5. Upon applying pressure α increases. For P>1 GPa a minimum develops in ρ(T). A study of the field dependence of the minimum confirms its magnetic origin. The ratio ...

We present an experimental study of mesoscopic, two-dimensional electronic systems at high magnetic fields. Our samples, prepared from a low-mobility InGaAs/InAlAs wafer, exhibit reproducible, sample specific, resistance fluctuations. Focusing on the lowest Landau level, we find that, while the diagonal resistivity displays strong fluctuations, the Hall resistivity is free of fluctuations and r...

An unusual thermoelectric response was observed in n-type perovskite oxide La1-xCexCoO3. Combining transport and magnetic measurements, we found that the thermoelectric response is driven by the spin-state transition of Co3+. This transition destroys the spin blockade effect and induces an abrupt decrease of resistivity as well as an insulator-metal transition. In contrast to the resistivity ch...

As part of the ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS) Project two comprehensive sets of geophysical data were collected on ice at the AND-1B drillsite. Whole-core physical properties were determined with high vertical resolution to a depth of 1285 mbsf. A multi-sensor-core-logger was used to determine bulk density, sonic velocity, magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity. After drilling, a s...

Magnetic and electronic transport properties of perovskite manganite La0.6Er0.1Sr0.3MnO3 have been thoroughly examined through the measurements of magnetization, electron paramagnetic resonance(EPR), and resistivity. It was found that the substitution of Er3+ for La3+ ions introduced the chemical disorder and additional strain in this sample. An extra resonance signal occurred in EPR spectra at...

The temperature T and magnetic field H dependence of the resistivity r has been measured for La0.82ySr0.2MnO3 (y50 and 0.128! films grown on ~100! SrTiO3 substrates. The low-temperature r in the ferromagnetic metallic region follows well r(H ,T)5r0(H)1A(H)vs /sinh(\vs/2kBT)1B(H)T 7/2 with r0 being the residual resistivity. We attribute the second and third term to small-polaron and spin-wave sc...

If either finite electron inertia or finite resistivity is included in 2D magnetic reconnection, the two-fluid equations become a pair of second-order differential equations coupling the out-of-plane magnetic field and vector potential to each other to form a fourth-order system. The coupling at an X-point is such that out-of-plane even-parity electric and odd-parity magnetic fields feed off ea...