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Absence of local moments in the kagome metal KV 3 Sb 5 as determined by muon spin spectroscopy

Eric M Kenney, Brenden R Ortiz, Chennan Wang et al. · 2021 · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Abstract We have carried out muon spin relaxation and rotation measurements on the newly discovered kagome metal KV 3 Sb 5 , and find a local field dominated by weak magnetic disorder which we associate with the nuclear moments present,…

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A versatile phenomenological model for the S-shaped temperature dependence of photoluminescence energy for an accurate determination of the exciton localization energy in bulk and quantum well structures

V. K. Dixit, S. Porwal, S. D. Singh et al. · 2014 · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

Temperature dependence of the photoluminescence (PL) peak energy of bulk and quantum well (QW) structures is studied by using a new phenomenological model for including the effect of localized states. In general an anomalous S-shaped…

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Physics basis for the reference flat-top plasma scenario in the ST–E1 fusion power plant

Steven McNamara, S. Abouelazayem, А. И. Алиева et al. · 2026 · Nuclear Fusion

Abstract As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Milestone-Based Fusion Energy Development Program, Tokamak Energy has completed the pre-concept design of the ST–E1 fusion power plant. ST–E1 is envisaged to operate in two phases: a pilot plant phase, targeting sustained net power production of 300 − 500 MWe for a duration > 1 hr , followed by a commercial power plant phase targeting steady-state operations and a normalised overnight capital cost of ⩽ 12 000 $ / kWe . The design process adopted was highly iterative, integrating all major plant systems and progressing i

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Neutrino heating in 1D, 2D, and 3D core-collapse supernovae: characterizing the explosion of high-compactness stars

Luca Boccioli, David Vartanyan, Evan O’Connor et al. · 2025 · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

ABSTRACT Massive stars can end their lives with a successful supernova explosion (leaving behind a neutron star or, more rarely, a black hole), or a failed explosion that leaves behind a black hole. The density structure of the pre-collapse progenitor star already encodes much of the information regarding the outcome and properties of the explosion. However, the complexity of the collapse and subsequent shock expansion phases prevents drawing a straightforward connection between the pre-collapse and post-explosion properties. In order to derive such a connection several explodability studies h

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