TY  - JOUR
A1  - Guliakova, A. A.
A1  - Gorokhovatsky, Yu. A.
A1  - Galikhanov, M. F.
A1  - Frübing, Peter
T1  - Thermoactivational spectroscopy of the high impact polystyrene based composite films
T1  - Термоактивационная спектроскопия композитных полимерных пленок на основе ударопрочного полистирола
JF  - St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Journal : Physics and Mathematics
N2  - The relaxation processes in the high impact polystyrene (HIPS) films filled with 2, 4, 6 vol.% of titanium dioxide (TiO2) of the rutile modification have been studied using the thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) technique. Three relaxation processes were observed in the composite HIPS films. The first one (a-relaxation peak) appeared at about 93 degrees C and represented the glass transition. The second peak p was a high-temperature part of the first one and overlapped it. The p peak was caused by the release and subsequent motion of excess charges deposited during the electret preparation or the polarization process. The third peak appeared at about 150 degrees C and occurred only in the spectra of the composite films. The overlapping peaks were separated by the thermal cleaning technique. The subsequent application of the numerical methods (the Tikhonov regularization technique) allowed to determine the activation energy of the second process and to compare the obtained value with the corresponding data on the dielectric relaxation.
N2  - С помощью метода токов термостимулированной деполяризации (ТСД) исследованы релаксационные процессы в пленках ударопрочного полистирола (УПС) без наполнителя и с различным содержанием диоксида титана TiO2 (2, 4, 6 об.%). На кривых тока ТСД, полученных для композитных пленок, обнаружено три пика. Первый (α-релаксация) возникает при температуре около 93 °C и соответствует переходу вещества из стеклообразного состояния в высокоэластическое. Второй (ρ-пик) появляется как высокотемпературное плечо α-пика и соответствует процессу высвобождения и движения избыточных носителей заряда. Наличие третьего пика при температуре около 150 ºС характерно только для композитных пленок УПС. Разделение перекрывающихся α- и ρ-пиков проведено методом частичной термоочистки. Последующее применение регуляризующих алгоритмов Тихонова позволило определить энергию активации второго процесcа и сравнить полученное значение с результатом, полученным методом диэлектрической спектроскопии.
KW  - thermoactivational spectroscopy
KW  - high impact polystyrene
KW  - titanium dioxide
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.18721/JPM.12401
SN  - 2405-7223
SN  - 2618-8686
SN  - 2304-9782
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SP  - 9
EP  - 16
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tötzke, Christian
A1  - Kardjilov, Nikolay
A1  - Lenoir, Nicolas
A1  - Manke, Ingo
A1  - Oswald, Sascha
A1  - Tengattini, Alessandro
T1  - What comes NeXT?
BT  - High-Speed Neutron Tomography at ILL
JF  - Optics express : the international electronic journal of optics
N2  - Here, we report on a new record in the acquisition time for fast neutron tomography. With an optimized imaging setup, it was possible to acquire single radiographic projection images with 10 ms and full tomographies with 155 projections images and a physical spatial resolution of 200 mu m within 1.5 s. This is about 6.7 times faster than the current record. We used the technique to investigate the water infiltration in the soil with a living lupine root system. The fast imaging setup will be part of the future NeXT instrument at ILL in Grenoble with a great field of possible future applications. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.028640
SN  - 1094-4087
VL  - 27
IS  - 20
SP  - 28640
EP  - 28648
PB  - Optical Society of America
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Maheswaran, Rathinasamy
A1  - Agarwal, Ankit
A1  - Sivakumar, Bellie
A1  - Marwan, Norbert
A1  - Kurths, Jürgen
T1  - Wavelet analysis of precipitation extremes over India and teleconnections to climate indices
JF  - Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
N2  - Precipitation patterns and extremes are significantly influenced by various climatic factors and large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns. This study uses wavelet coherence analysis to detect significant interannual and interdecadal oscillations in monthly precipitation extremes across India and their teleconnections to three prominent climate indices, namely, Nino 3.4, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). Further, partial wavelet coherence analysis is used to estimate the standalone relationship between the climate indices and precipitation after removing the effect of interdependency. The wavelet analysis of monthly precipitation extremes at 30 different locations across India reveals that (a) interannual (2-8 years) and interdecadal (8-32 years) oscillations are statistically significant, and (b) the oscillations vary in both time and space. The results from the partial wavelet coherence analysis reveal that Nino 3.4 and IOD are the significant drivers of Indian precipitation at interannual and interdecadal scales. Intriguingly, the study also confirms that the strength of influence of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns on Indian precipitation extremes varies with spatial physiography of the region.
KW  - Extreme precipitation
KW  - Teleconnection patterns
KW  - Wavelets
KW  - Partial wavelet coherence
KW  - India
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-019-01738-3
SN  - 1436-3240
SN  - 1436-3259
VL  - 33
IS  - 11-12
SP  - 2053
EP  - 2069
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Solopow, Sergej
T1  - Wavelength dependent demagnetization dynamics in Co2MnGa Heusler-alloy
T1  - Wellenlängeabhängige Entmagnetisierungsdynamik in Co2MnGa Heusler-Legierung
N2  - In dieser Arbeit haben wir ultraschnelle Entmagnetisierung an einer Heusler-Legierung untersucht. Es handelt sich um ein Halbmetall, das sich in einer ferromagnetischen Phase befindet. Die Besonderheit dieses Materials besteht im Aufbau einer Bandstruktur. Diese bildet Zustandsdichten, in der die Majoritätselektronen eine metallische Bänderbildung aufweisen und die Minoritätselektronen eine Bandlücke in der Nähe des Fermi-Niveaus aufweisen, das dem Aufbau eines Halbleiters entspricht. Mit Hilfe der Pump-Probe-Experimente haben wir zeitaufgelöste Messungen durchgeführt. Für das Pumpen wurden ultrakurze Laserpulse mit einer Pulsdauer von 100 fs benutzt. Wir haben dabei zwei verschiedene Wellenlängen mit 400 nm und 1240 nm benutzt, um den Effekt der Primäranregung und der Bandlücke in den Minoritätszuständen zu untersuchen. Dabei wurde zum ersten Mal OPA (Optical Parametrical Amplifier) für die Erzeugung der langwelligen Pulse an der FEMTOSPEX-Beamline getestet und erfolgreich bei den Experimenten verwendet. Wir haben Wellenlängen bedingte Unterschiede in der Entmagnetisierungszeit gemessen. Mit der Erhöhung der Photonenenergie ist der Prozess der Entmagnetisierung deutlich schneller als bei einer niedrigeren Photonenenergie. Wir verknüpften diese Ergebnisse mit der Existenz der Energielücke für Minoritätselektronen. Mit Hilfe lokaler Elliot-Yafet-Streuprozesse können die beobachteten Zeiten gut erklärt werden. Wir haben in dieser Arbeit auch eine neue Probe-Methode für die Magnetisierung angewandt und somit experimentell deren Effektivität, nämlich XMCD in Refletiongeometry, bestätigen können. Statische Experimente liefern somit deutliche Indizien dafür, dass eine magnetische von einer rein elektronischen Antwort des Systems getrennt werden kann. Unter der Voraussetzung, dass die Photonenenergie der Röntgenstrahlung auf die L3 Kante des entsprechenden Elements eingestellt, ein geeigneter Einfallswinkel gewählt und die zirkulare Polarisation fixiert wird, ist es möglich, diese Methode zur Analyse magnetischer und elektronischer Respons anzuwenden.
N2  - In this work we investigated ultrafast demagnetization in a Heusler-alloy. This material belongs to the halfmetal and exists in a ferromagnetic phase. A special feature of investigated alloy is a structure of electronic bands. The last leads to the specific density of the states. Majority electrons form a metallic like structure while minority electrons form a gap near the Fermi-level, like in semiconductor. This particularity offers a good possibility to use this material as model-like structure and to make some proof of principles concerning demagnetization. Using pump-probe experiments we carried out time-resolved measurements to figure out the times of demagnetization. For the pumping we used ultrashort laser pulses with duration around 100 fs. Simultaneously we used two excitation regimes with two different wavelengths namely 400 nm and 1240 nm. Decreasing the energy of photons to the gap size of the minority electrons we explored the effect of the gap on the demagnetization dynamics. During this work we used for the first time OPA (Optical Parametrical Amplifier) for the generation of the laser irradiation in a long-wave regime. We tested it on the FETOSPEX-beamline in BASSYII electron storage ring. With this new technique we measured wavelength dependent demagnetization dynamics. We estimated that the demagnetization time is in a correlation with photon energy of the excitation pulse. Higher photon energy leads to the faster demagnetization in our material. We associate this result with the existence of the energy-gap for minority electrons and explained it with Elliot-Yaffet-scattering events. Additionally we applied new probe-method for magnetization state in this work and verified their effectivity. It is about the well-known XMCD (X-ray magnetic circular dichroism) which we adopted for the measurements in reflection geometry. Static experiments confirmed that the pure electronic dynamics can be separated from the magnetic one. We used photon energy fixed on the L3 of the corresponding elements with circular polarization. Appropriate incidence angel was estimated from static measurements. Using this probe method in dynamic measurements we explored electronic and magnetic dynamics in this alloy.
KW  - magnetizationdynamic
KW  - XMCD
KW  - Heusler-alloy
KW  - Magnetisierungsdynamik
KW  - XMCD
KW  - Heusler-Legierung
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-427860
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stolterfoht, Martin
A1  - Le Corre, Vincent M.
A1  - Feuerstein, Markus
A1  - Caprioglio, Pietro
A1  - Koster, Lambert Jan Anton
A1  - Neher, Dieter
T1  - Voltage-Dependent Photoluminescence and How It Correlates with the Fill Factor and Open-Circuit Voltage in Perovskite Solar Cells
JF  - Acs energy letters
N2  - Optimizing the photoluminescence (PL) yield of a solar cell has long been recognized as a key principle to maximize the power conversion efficiency. While PL measurements are routinely applied to perovskite films and solar cells under open circuit conditions (V-OC), it remains unclear how the emission depends on the applied voltage. Here, we performed PL(V) measurements on perovskite cells with different hole transport layer thicknesses and doping concentrations, resulting in remarkably different fill factors (FFs). The results reveal that PL(V) mirrors the current-voltage (JV) characteristics in the power-generating regime, which highlights an interesting correlation between radiative and nonradiative recombination losses. In particular, high FF devices show a rapid quenching of PL(V) from open-circuit to the maximum power point. We conclude that, while the PL has to be maximized at V-OC at lower biases < V-OC the PL must be rapidly quenched as charges need to be extracted prior to recombination.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02262
SN  - 2380-8195
VL  - 4
IS  - 12
SP  - 2887
EP  - 2892
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wells, Robert
A1  - Poppenhäger, Katja
A1  - Watson, C. A.
T1  - Validation of a temperate fourth planet in the K2-133 multiplanet system
JF  - Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
N2  - We present follow-up observations of the K2-133 multiplanet system. Previously, we announced that K2-133 contained three super-Earths orbiting an M1.5V host star – with tentative evidence of a fourth outer-planet orbiting at the edge of the temperate zone. Here, we report on the validation of the presence of the fourth planet, determining a radius of 1.73+0.14−0.13 R⊕. The four planets span the radius gap of the exoplanet population, meaning further follow-up would be worthwhile to obtain masses and test theories of the origin of the gap. In particular, the trend of increasing planetary radius with decreasing incident flux in the K2-133 system supports the claim that the gap is caused by photo-evaporation of exoplanet atmospheres. Finally, we note that K2-133 e orbits on the edge of the star's temperate zone, and that our radius measurement allows for the possibility that this is a rocky world. Additional mass measurements are required to confirm or refute this scenario.
KW  - techniques: photometric
KW  - planets and satellites: general
KW  - stars: individual: LP 358-499
KW  - stars: individual: K2-133
KW  - stars: low-mass
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1334
SN  - 0035-8711
SN  - 1365-2966
VL  - 487
IS  - 2
SP  - 1865
EP  - 1873
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Vos, Joris
A1  - Vuckovic, Maja
A1  - Chen, X.
A1  - Han, Zh
A1  - Boudreaux, Thomas
A1  - Barlow, Brad N.
A1  - Ostensen, R.
A1  - Nemeth, Péter
T1  - Using wide hot subdwarf binaries to constrain Roche-lobe overflow models
JF  - Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso
N2  - Hot subdwarf B (sdB) stars are evolved core helium burning stars that have lost most of their hydrogen envelope due to binary interaction on the red giant branch. As sdB stars in wide binary systems can only be created by stable Roche lobe overflow, they are a great test sample to constrain the theoretical models for stable mass loss on the red giant branch. We present here the findings of a long term monitoring program of wide sdB+MS binaries. We found two main features in the orbital parameters. The majority of the systems have eccentric orbits with systems on longer orbital period having a higher eccentricity. As these systems have undergone mass loss near the tip of the RGB, tidal circularisation theory predicts them to be circularized. Our observations suggest that efficient eccentricity pumping mechanisms are active during the mass loss phase. Secondly we find a strong correlation between the mass ratio and the orbital period. Using binary evolution models, this relation is used to derive both an upper and lower limit on the initial mass ratio at which RLOF will be stable. These limits depend on the core mass of the sdB progenitor.
KW  - stars: subdwarfs
KW  - stars: binaries: spectroscopic
KW  - stars: fundamental parameters
KW  - stars: evolution
Y1  - 2019
SN  - 1335-1842
SN  - 1336-0337
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
SP  - 264
EP  - 270
PB  - Astronomický Ústav SAV
CY  - Tatranská Lomnica
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abdalla, Hassan E.
A1  - Aharonian, Felix A.
A1  - Benkhali, F. Ait
A1  - Anguener, E. O.
A1  - Arakawa, M.
A1  - Arcaro, C.
A1  - Armand, C.
A1  - Ashkar, H.
A1  - Backes, M.
A1  - Martins, V. Barbosa
A1  - Barnard, M.
A1  - Becherini, Y.
A1  - Berge, D.
A1  - Bernloehr, K.
A1  - Blackwell, R.
A1  - Boettcher, M.
A1  - Boisson, C.
A1  - Bolmont, J.
A1  - Bonnefoy, S.
A1  - Bregeon, J.
A1  - Breuhaus, M.
A1  - Brun, F.
A1  - Brun, P.
A1  - Bryan, M.
A1  - Buechele, M.
A1  - Bulik, T.
A1  - Bylund, T.
A1  - Capasso, M.
A1  - Caroff, S.
A1  - Carosi, A.
A1  - Casanova, Sabrina
A1  - Cerruti, M.
A1  - Chakraborty, N.
A1  - Chand, T.
A1  - Chandra, S.
A1  - Chaves, R. C. G.
A1  - Chen, A.
A1  - Colafrancesco, S.
A1  - Curylo, M.
A1  - Davids, I. D.
A1  - Deil, C.
A1  - Devin, J.
A1  - de Wilt, P.
A1  - Dirson, L.
A1  - Djannati-Atai, A.
A1  - Dmytriiev, A.
A1  - Donath, A.
A1  - Doroshenko, V
A1  - Dyks, J.
A1  - Egberts, Kathrin
A1  - Emery, G.
A1  - Ernenwein, J-p
A1  - Eschbach, S.
A1  - Feijen, K.
A1  - Fegan, S.
A1  - Fiasson, A.
A1  - Fontaine, G.
A1  - Funk, S.
A1  - Fuessling, M.
A1  - Gabici, S.
A1  - Gallant, Y. A.
A1  - Gate, F.
A1  - Giavitto, G.
A1  - Glawion, D.
A1  - Glicenstein, J. F.
A1  - Gottschall, D.
A1  - Grondin, M-H
A1  - Hahn, J.
A1  - Haupt, M.
A1  - Heinzelmann, G.
A1  - Henri, G.
A1  - Hermann, G.
A1  - Hinton, James Anthony
A1  - Hofmann, W.
A1  - Hoischen, Clemens
A1  - Holch, Tim Lukas
A1  - Holler, M.
A1  - Horns, D.
A1  - Huber, D.
A1  - Iwasaki, H.
A1  - Jamrozy, M.
A1  - Jankowsky, D.
A1  - Jankowsky, F.
A1  - Jung-Richardt, I
A1  - Kastendieck, M. A.
A1  - Katarzynski, K.
A1  - Katsuragawa, M.
A1  - Katz, U.
A1  - Khangulyan, D.
A1  - Khelifi, B.
A1  - King, J.
A1  - Klepser, S.
A1  - Kluzniak, W.
A1  - Komin, Nu
A1  - Kosack, K.
A1  - Kostunin, D.
A1  - Kraus, M.
A1  - Lamanna, G.
A1  - Lau, J.
A1  - Lemiere, A.
A1  - Lemoine-Goumard, M.
A1  - Lenain, J-P
A1  - Leser, Eva
A1  - Levy, C.
A1  - Lohse, T.
A1  - Lopez-Coto, R.
A1  - Lypova, I
A1  - Mackey, J.
A1  - Majumdar, J.
A1  - Malyshev, D.
A1  - Marandon, V
A1  - Marcowith, Alexandre
A1  - Mares, A.
A1  - Mariaud, C.
A1  - Marti-Devesa, G.
A1  - Marx, R.
A1  - Maurin, G.
A1  - Meintjes, P. J.
A1  - Mitchell, A. M. W.
A1  - Moderski, R.
A1  - Mohamed, M.
A1  - Mohrmann, L.
A1  - Muller, J.
A1  - Moore, C.
A1  - Moulin, Emmanuel
A1  - Murach, T.
A1  - Nakashima, S.
A1  - de Naurois, M.
A1  - Ndiyavala, H.
A1  - Niederwanger, F.
A1  - Niemiec, J.
A1  - Oakes, L.
A1  - Odaka, H.
A1  - Ohm, S.
A1  - Wilhelmi, E. de Ona
A1  - Ostrowski, M.
A1  - Oya, I
A1  - Panter, M.
A1  - Parsons, R. D.
A1  - Perennes, C.
A1  - Petrucci, P-O
A1  - Peyaud, B.
A1  - Piel, Q.
A1  - Pita, S.
A1  - Poireau, V
A1  - Noel, A. Priyana
A1  - Prokhorov, D. A.
A1  - Prokoph, H.
A1  - Puehlhofer, G.
A1  - Punch, M.
A1  - Quirrenbach, A.
A1  - Raab, S.
A1  - Rauth, R.
A1  - Reimer, A.
A1  - Reimer, O.
A1  - Remy, Q.
A1  - Renaud, M.
A1  - Rieger, F.
A1  - Rinchiuso, L.
A1  - Romoli, C.
A1  - Rowell, G.
A1  - Rudak, B.
A1  - Ruiz-Velasco, E.
A1  - Sahakian, V
A1  - Saito, S.
A1  - Sanchez, David M.
A1  - Santangelo, A.
A1  - Sasaki, M.
A1  - Schlickeiser, R.
A1  - Schussler, F.
A1  - Schulz, A.
A1  - Schutte, H.
A1  - Schwanke, U.
A1  - Schwemmer, S.
A1  - Seglar-Arroyo, M.
A1  - Senniappan, M.
A1  - Seyffert, A. S.
A1  - Shafi, N.
A1  - Shiningayamwe, K.
A1  - Simoni, R.
A1  - Sinha, A.
A1  - Sol, H.
A1  - Specovius, A.
A1  - Spir-Jacob, M.
A1  - Stawarz, L.
A1  - Steenkamp, R.
A1  - Stegmann, Christian
A1  - Steppa, Constantin Beverly
A1  - Takahashi, T.
A1  - Tavernier, T.
A1  - Taylor, A. M.
A1  - Terrier, R.
A1  - Tiziani, D.
A1  - Tluczykont, M.
A1  - Trichard, C.
A1  - Tsirou, M.
A1  - Tsuji, N.
A1  - Tuffs, R.
A1  - Uchiyama, Y.
A1  - van der Walt, D. J.
A1  - van Eldik, C.
A1  - van Rensburg, C.
A1  - van Soelen, B.
A1  - Vasileiadis, G.
A1  - Veh, J.
A1  - Venter, C.
A1  - Vincent, P.
A1  - Vink, J.
A1  - Voisin, F.
A1  - Voelk, H. J.
A1  - Vuillaume, T.
A1  - Wadiasingh, Z.
A1  - Wagner, S. J.
A1  - White, R.
A1  - Wierzcholska, A.
A1  - Yang, R.
A1  - Yoneda, H.
A1  - Zacharias, M.
A1  - Zanin, R.
A1  - Zdziarski, A. A.
A1  - Zech, Alraune
A1  - Ziegler, A.
A1  - Zorn, J.
A1  - Zywucka, N.
A1  - Maxted, N.
T1  - Upper limits on very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from core-collapse supernovae observed with H.E.S.S.
JF  - Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal
N2  - Young core-collapse supernovae with dense-wind progenitors may be able to accelerate cosmic-ray hadrons beyond the knee of the cosmic-ray spectrum, and this may result in measurable gamma-ray emission. We searched for gamma-ray emission from ten super- novae observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) within a year of the supernova event. Nine supernovae were observed serendipitously in the H.E.S.S. data collected between December 2003 and December 2014, with exposure times ranging from 1.4 to 53 h. In addition we observed SN 2016adj as a target of opportunity in February 2016 for 13 h. No significant gamma-ray emission has been detected for any of the objects, and upper limits on the >1 TeV gamma-ray flux of the order of similar to 10(-13) cm(-)(2)s(-1) are established, corresponding to upper limits on the luminosities in the range similar to 2 x 10(39) to similar to 1 x 10(42) erg s(-1). These values are used to place model-dependent constraints on the mass-loss rates of the progenitor stars, implying upper limits between similar to 2 x 10(-5) and similar to 2 x 10(-3) M-circle dot yr(-1) under reasonable assumptions on the particle acceleration parameters.
KW  - gamma rays: general
KW  - supernovae: general
KW  - cosmic rays
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935242
SN  - 1432-0746
VL  - 626
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Les Ulis
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kurths, Jürgen
A1  - Agarwal, Ankit
A1  - Shukla, Roopam
A1  - Marwan, Norbert
A1  - Maheswaran, Rathinasamy
A1  - Caesar, Levke
A1  - Krishnan, Raghavan
A1  - Merz, Bruno
T1  - Unravelling the spatial diversity of Indian precipitation teleconnections via a non-linear multi-scale approach
JF  - Nonlinear processes in geophysics
N2  - A better understanding of precipitation dynamics in the Indian subcontinent is required since India's society depends heavily on reliable monsoon forecasts. We introduce a non-linear, multiscale approach, based on wavelets and event synchronization, for unravelling teleconnection influences on precipitation. We consider those climate patterns with the highest relevance for Indian precipitation. Our results suggest significant influences which are not well captured by only the wavelet coherence analysis, the state-of-the-art method in understanding linkages at multiple timescales. We find substantial variation across India and across timescales. In particular, El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) mainly influence precipitation in the south-east at interannual and decadal scales, respectively, whereas the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has a strong connection to precipitation, particularly in the northern regions. The effect of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) stretches across the whole country, whereas the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) influences precipitation particularly in the central arid and semi-arid regions. The proposed method provides a powerful approach for capturing the dynamics of precipitation and, hence, helps improve precipitation forecasting.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-26-251-2019
SN  - 1023-5809
SN  - 1607-7946
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SP  - 251
EP  - 266
PB  - Copernicus
CY  - Göttingen
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zu, Fengshuo
A1  - Wolff, Christian Michael
A1  - Ralaiarisoa, Maryline
A1  - Amsalem, Patrick
A1  - Neher, Dieter
A1  - Koch, Norbert
T1  - Unraveling the Electronic Properties of Lead Halide Perovskites with Surface Photovoltage in Photoemission Studies
JF  - ACS applied materials & interfaces
N2  - The tremendous success of metal-halide perovskites, especially in the field of photovoltaics, has triggered a substantial number of studies in understanding their optoelectronic properties. However, consensus regarding the electronic properties of these perovskites is lacking due to a huge scatter in the reported key parameters, such as work function (Φ) and valence band maximum (VBM) values. Here, we demonstrate that the surface photovoltage (SPV) is a key phenomenon occurring at the perovskite surfaces that feature a non-negligible density of surface states, which is more the rule than an exception for most materials under study. With ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and Kelvin probe, we evidence that even minute UV photon fluxes (500 times lower than that used in typical UPS experiments) are sufficient to induce SPV and shift the perovskite Φ and VBM by several 100 meV compared to dark. By combining UV and visible light, we establish flat band conditions (i.e., compensate the surface-state-induced surface band bending) at the surface of four important perovskites, and find that all are p-type in the bulk, despite a pronounced n-type surface character in the dark. The present findings highlight that SPV effects must be considered in all surface studies to fully understand perovskites’ photophysical properties.
KW  - lead halide perovskite films
KW  - ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy
KW  - Kelvin probe
KW  - surface band bending
KW  - surface photovoltage
KW  - surface states
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b05293
SN  - 1944-8244
SN  - 1944-8252
VL  - 11
IS  - 24
SP  - 21578
EP  - 21583
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Oskinova, Lida
A1  - Bik, A.
A1  - Mas-Hesse, J. M.
A1  - Hayes, M.
A1  - Adamo, A.
A1  - Östlin, Göran
A1  - Fürst, F.
A1  - Otí-Floranes, H.
T1  - ULX contribution to stellar feedback
BT  - an intermediate-mass black hole candidate and the population of ULXs in the low-metallicity starburst galaxy ESO338-4
JF  - Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal
N2  - Context. X-ray radiation from accreting compact objects is an important part of stellar feedback. The metal-poor galaxy ESO 338-4 has experienced vigorous starburst during the last <40 Myr and contains some of the most massive super star clusters in the nearby Universe. Given its starburst age and its star-formation rate, ESO 338-4 is one of the most efficient nearby manufactures of neutron stars and black holes, hence providing an excellent laboratory for feedback studies. Aims. We aim to use X-ray observations with the largest modern X-ray telescopes XMM-Newton and Chandra to unveil the most luminous accreting neutron stars and black holes in ESO 338-4. Methods. We compared X-ray images and spectra with integral field spectroscopic observations in the optical to constrain the nature of strong X-ray emitters. Results. X-ray observations uncover three ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) in ESO 338-4. The brightest among them, ESO 338 X-1, has X-ray luminosity in excess of 10(40) erg s(-1). We speculate that ESO 338-4 X-1 is powered by accretion on an intermediate-mass (greater than or similar to 300 M-circle dot)black hole. We show that X-ray radiation from ULXs and hot superbubbles strongly contributes to He II ionization and general stellar feedback in this template starburst galaxy.
KW  - galaxies: dwarf
KW  - galaxies: individual: ESO 338-4
KW  - X-rays: binaries
KW  - X-rays: ISM
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935414
SN  - 1432-0746
VL  - 627
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Les Ulis
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pudell, Jan-Etienne
A1  - von Reppert, Alexander
A1  - Schick, D.
A1  - Zamponi, F.
A1  - Rössle, Matthias
A1  - Herzog, Marc
A1  - Zabel, Hartmut
A1  - Bargheer, Matias
T1  - Ultrafast negative thermal expansion driven by spin disorder
JF  - Physical review : B, Condensed matter and materials physics
N2  - We measure the transient strain profile in a nanoscale multilayer system composed of yttrium, holmium, and niobium after laser excitation using ultrafast x-ray diffraction. The strain propagation through each layer is determined by transient changes in the material-specific Bragg angles. We experimentally derive the exponentially decreasing stress profile driving the strain wave and show that it closely matches the optical penetration depth. Below the Neel temperature of Ho, the optical excitation triggers negative thermal expansion, which is induced by a quasi-instantaneous contractive stress and a second contractive stress contribution increasing on a 12-ps timescale. These two timescales were recently measured for the spin disordering in Ho [Rettig et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 257202 (2016)]. As a consequence, we observe an unconventional bipolar strain pulse with an inverted sign traveling through the heterostructure.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.094304
SN  - 2469-9950
SN  - 2469-9969
VL  - 99
IS  - 9
PB  - American Physical Society
CY  - College Park
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Willig, Lisa
T1  - Ultrafast magneto-optical studies of remagnetisation dynamics in transition metals
T1  - Ultraschnelle Magneto-Optische Studien der Remagnetisierungsdynamik von Übergangsmetallen
N2  - Ultrafast magnetisation dynamics have been investigated intensely for two decades. The recovery process after demagnetisation, however, was rarely studied experimentally and discussed in detail. The focus of this work lies on the investigation of the magnetisation on long timescales after laser excitation. It combines two ultrafast time resolved methods to study the relaxation of the magnetic and lattice system after excitation with a high fluence ultrashort laser pulse. The magnetic system is investigated by time resolved measurements of the magneto-optical Kerr effect. The experimental setup has been implemented in the scope of this work. The lattice dynamics were obtained with ultrafast X-ray diffraction. The combination of both techniques leads to a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in magnetisation recovery from a non-equilibrium condition. Three different groups of samples are investigated in this work: Thin Nickel layers capped with nonmagnetic materials, a continuous sample of the ordered L10 phase of Iron Platinum and a sample consisting of Iron Platinum nanoparticles embedded in a carbon matrix. The study of the remagnetisation reveals a general trend for all of the samples: The remagnetisation process can be described by two time dependences. A first exponential recovery that slows down with an increasing amount of energy absorbed in the system until an approximately linear time dependence is observed. This is followed by a second exponential recovery. In case of low fluence excitation, the first recovery is faster than the second. With increasing fluence the first recovery is slowed down and can be described as a linear function. If the pump-induced temperature increase in the sample is sufficiently high, a phase transition to a paramagnetic state is observed. In the remagnetisation process, the transition into the ferromagnetic state is characterised by a distinct transition between the linear and exponential recovery. From the combination of the transient lattice temperature Tp(t) obtained from ultrafast X-ray measurements and magnetisation M(t) gained from magneto-optical measurements we construct the transient magnetisation versus temperature relations M(Tp). If the lattice temperature remains below the Curie temperature the remagnetisation curve M(Tp) is linear and stays below the M(T) curve in equilibrium in the continuous transition metal layers. When the sample is heated above phase transition, the remagnetisation converges towards the static temperature dependence. For the granular Iron Platinum sample the M(Tp) curves for different fluences coincide, i.e. the remagnetisation follows a similar path irrespective of the initial laser-induced temperature jump.
N2  - Ultraschnelle Magnetisierungsdynamiken wurden in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten intensiv untersucht. Hingegen der Wiederherstellungsprozess der Magnetisierung nach einer ultraschnellen Demagnetisierung wird selten experimentell untersucht und im Detail diskutiert. Der Fokus dieser Arbeit liegt auf der Untersuchung der Magnetisierung auf langen Zeitskalen nach der Anregung durch einen Laserpuls. Dazu werden zwei ultraschnelle zeitaufgelöste Techniken verwendet, um die Relaxierung von dem magnetischen System und dem System des Gitters nach Anregung mit einem hochenergetischen ultrakurzen Laserpuls zu untersuchen. Das magnetische System wurde untersucht mithilfe von Messungen des zeitaufgelösten magneto-optischen Kerr Effekts. Der experimentelle Aufbau wurde im Rahmen dieser Arbeit entwickelt. Die Gitterdynamik wurde mittels ultraschneller Röntgendiffraktometrie aufgenommen. Die Kombination beider Techniken liefert ein besseres Verständnis von den Prozessen involviert in Magnetisierungsrelaxation aus einem Nicht-Gleichgewichtszustand. Drei unterschiedliche Probensysteme wurden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit untersucht: Dünne Nickel Schichten umgeben von nicht-magnetischen Schichten, eine kontinuierliche Schicht aus einer Eisen Platin Legierung und eine Probe bestehend aus Eisen Platin Nanopartikeln eingebettet in einer Kohlenstoffmatrix. Die Studie der Remagnetisierung zeigt einen generellen Trend für alle diese Systeme auf: Der Remagnetisierungsprozess kann mit zwei Zeitabhängikeiten beschrieben werden. Eine erste exponentielle Zeitabhängigkeit, die mit zunehmender Menge an absorbierter Energie verlangsamt wird bis ein lineares Verhalten beobachtet wird. Darauf folgend gibt es eine zweite exponentielle funktionale Abhängigkeit in der Zeit. Im Falle einer geringen Energieabsorption ist die erste Remagnetisierung schneller als die zweite. Mit steigender Fluenz wird die Remagnetisierung in der ersten Zeitabhängigkeit verlangsamt und kann als lineare Funktion beschrieben werden. Wenn der durch den Pump Puls induzierte Temperatursprung in der Probe ausreichend groß ist, wird ein Phasenübergang in die paramagnetische Phase beobachtet. In dem Remagnetisierungsprozess wird dieser Übergang durch einen deutlich sichtbaren Wechsel zwischen linearem und exponentiellen Verhalten sichtbar. Mithilfe der Kombination aus der von Rötngendaten gewonnener Gittertemperatur Tp(t) und der Magnetisierung M(t) erhalten wir die zeitliche Abhängigkeit der Magnetisierung von der Gittertemperatur M(Tp). Falls die Gittertemperatur unter der Curietemperatur bleibt, ist die Remagnetisierungskurve M(Tp) linear und bleibt unterhalb der statischen Gleichgewichtskurve M(T) für die kontinuierlichen Übergangsmetalle. Wenn die Probe über den Phasenübergang geheizt wird, nähert sich die Remagnetisierung der statischen Kurve an. Die transiente Remagnetisierungskurven M(Tp) der granularen Eisen Platin Probe folgen immer einem der statischen Magnetisierungskurve ähnlichen Verlauf, unabhängig von dem laser-induzierten Temperatursprung.
KW  - ultrafast dynamics
KW  - remagnetization
KW  - magnetization dynamics
KW  - transition metals
KW  - condensed matter
KW  - ultraschnelle Dynamik
KW  - magneto-optics
KW  - Magneto-Optik
KW  - Remagnetisierung
KW  - Magnetisierungsdynamik
KW  - Übergangsmetalle
KW  - kondensierte Materie
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-441942
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Betke, Alexander
A1  - Lokstein, Heiko
T1  - Two-photon excitation spectroscopy of photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes and pigments
JF  - Faraday discussions
N2  - In addition to (bacterio)chlorophylls, (B)Chls, light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) bind carotenoids, and/or their oxygen derivatives, xanthophylls. Xanthophylls/carotenoids have pivotal functions in LHCs: in stabilization of the structure, as accessory light-harvesting pigments and, probably most importantly, in photoprotection. Xanthophylls are assumed to be involved in the not yet fully understood mechanism of energy-dependent (qE) non-photochemical quenching of Chl fluorescence (NPQ) in higher plants and algae. The so called "xanthophyll cycle" appears to be crucial in this regard. The molecular mechanism(s) of xanthophyll involvement in qE/NPQ have not been established, yet. Moreover, excitation energy transfer (EET) processes involving carotenoids are also difficult to study, due to the fact that transitions between the ground state (S-0, 1(1)A(g)(-)) and the lowest excited singlet state (S-1, 2(1)A(g)(-)) of carotenoids are optically one-photon forbidden ("dark"). Two-photon excitation spectroscopic techniques have been used for more than two decades to study one-photon forbidden states of carotenoids. In the current study, two-photon excitation profiles of LHCII samples containing different xanthophyll complements were measured in the presumed 1(1)A(g)(-) -> 2(1)A(g)(-) (S-0 -> S-1) transition spectral region of the xanthophylls, as well as for isolated chlorophylls a and b in solution. The results indicate that direct two-photon excitation of Chls in this spectral region is dominant over that by xanthophylls. Implications of the results for proposed mechanism(s) of qE/NPQ will be discussed.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1039/c8fd00198g
SN  - 1359-6640
SN  - 1364-5498
VL  - 216
SP  - 494
EP  - 506
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tyulkina, Irina V.
A1  - Goldobin, Denis S.
A1  - Klimenko, Lyudmila S.
A1  - Pikovskij, Arkadij
T1  - Two-Bunch Solutions for the Dynamics of Ott–Antonsen Phase Ensembles
JF  - Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics
N2  - We have developed a method for deriving systems of closed equations for the dynamics of order parameters in the ensembles of phase oscillators. The Ott-Antonsen equation for the complex order parameter is a particular case of such equations. The simplest nontrivial extension of the Ott-Antonsen equation corresponds to two-bunch states of the ensemble. Based on the equations obtained, we study the dynamics of multi-bunch chimera states in coupled Kuramoto-Sakaguchi ensembles. We show an increase in the dimensionality of the system dynamics for two-bunch chimeras in the case of identical phase elements and a transition to one-bunch "Abrams chimeras" for imperfect identity (in the latter case, the one-bunch chimeras become attractive).
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-019-09924-7
SN  - 0033-8443
SN  - 1573-9120
VL  - 61
IS  - 8-9
SP  - 640
EP  - 649
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bolotov, Dmitry
A1  - Bolotov, Maxim I.
A1  - Smirnov, Lev A.
A1  - Osipov, Grigory V.
A1  - Pikovskij, Arkadij
T1  - Twisted States in a System of Nonlinearly Coupled Phase Oscillators
JF  - Regular and chaotic dynamics : international scientific journal
N2  - We study the dynamics of the ring of identical phase oscillators with nonlinear nonlocal coupling. Using the Ott - Antonsen approach, the problem is formulated as a system of partial derivative equations for the local complex order parameter. In this framework, we investigate the existence and stability of twisted states. Both fully coherent and partially coherent stable twisted states were found (the latter ones for the first time for identical oscillators). We show that twisted states can be stable starting from a certain critical value of the medium length, or on a length segment. The analytical results are confirmed with direct numerical simulations in finite ensembles.
KW  - twisted state
KW  - phase oscillators
KW  - nonlocal coupling
KW  - Ott - Antonsen reduction
KW  - stability analysis
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1134/S1560354719060091
SN  - 1560-3547
SN  - 1468-4845
VL  - 24
IS  - 6
SP  - 717
EP  - 724
PB  - Pleiades publishing inc
CY  - Moscow
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Omel'chenko, Oleh
T1  - Travelling chimera states in systems of phase oscillators with asymmetric nonlocal coupling
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - We study travelling chimera states in a ring of nonlocally coupled heterogeneous (with Lorentzian distribution of natural frequencies) phase oscillators. These states are coherence-incoherence patterns moving in the lateral direction because of the broken reflection symmetry of the coupling topology. To explain the results of direct numerical simulations we consider the continuum limit of the system. In this case travelling chimera states correspond to smooth travelling wave solutions of some integro-differential equation, called the Ott–Antonsen equation, which describes the long time coarse-grained dynamics of the oscillators. Using the Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction technique we suggest a numerical approach for the continuation of these travelling waves. Moreover, we perform their linear stability analysis and show that travelling chimera states can lose their stability via fold and Hopf bifurcations. Some of the Hopf bifurcations turn out to be supercritical resulting in the observation of modulated travelling chimera states.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 1169 
KW  - chimera states
KW  - nonlocally coupled phase oscillators
KW  - Ott–Antonsen equation
KW  - forced symmetry breaking
KW  - travelling waves
KW  - continuation
KW  - stability
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-518141
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 2
SP  - 611
EP  - 642
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grebenkov, Denis S.
A1  - Metzler, Ralf
A1  - Oshanin, Gleb
A1  - Dagdug, Leonardo
A1  - Berezhkovskii, Alexander M.
A1  - Skvortsov, Alexei T.
T1  - Trapping of diffusing particles by periodic absorbing rings on a cylindrical tube
JF  - The journal of chemical physics : bridges a gap between journals of physics and journals of chemistr
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5098390
SN  - 0021-9606
SN  - 1089-7690
VL  - 150
IS  - 20
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Teomy, Eial
A1  - Metzler, Ralf
T1  - Transport in exclusion processes with one-step memory: density dependence and optimal acceleration
JF  - Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical
N2  - We study a lattice gas of persistent walkers, in which each site is occupied by at most one particle and the direction each particle attempts to move to depends on its last step. We analyse the mean squared displacement (MSD) of the particles as a function of the particle density and their persistence (the tendency to continue moving in the same direction). For positive persistence the MSD behaves as expected: it increases with the persistence and decreases with the density. However, for strong anti-persistence we find two different regimes, in which the dependence of the MSD on the density is non-monotonic. For very strong anti-persistence there is an optimal density at which the MSD reaches a maximum. In an intermediate regime, the MSD as a function of the density exhibits both a minimum and a maximum, a phenomenon which has not been observed before. We derive a mean-field theory which qualitatively explains this behaviour.
KW  - exclusion process
KW  - persistence
KW  - lattice gas
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ab37e4
SN  - 1751-8113
SN  - 1751-8121
VL  - 52
IS  - 38
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Peter, Franziska
T1  - Transition to synchrony in finite Kuramoto ensembles
T1  - Synchronisationsübergang in endlichen Kuramoto-Ensembles
N2  - Synchronisation – die Annäherung der Rhythmen gekoppelter selbst oszillierender Systeme – ist ein faszinierendes dynamisches Phänomen, das in vielen biologischen, sozialen und technischen Systemen auftritt.
Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit Synchronisation in endlichen Ensembles schwach gekoppelter selbst-erhaltender Oszillatoren mit unterschiedlichen natürlichen Frequenzen.
Das Standardmodell für dieses kollektive Phänomen ist das Kuramoto-Modell – unter anderem aufgrund seiner Lösbarkeit im thermodynamischen Limes unendlich vieler Oszillatoren. Ähnlich einem thermodynamischen Phasenübergang zeigt im Fall unendlich vieler Oszillatoren ein Ordnungsparameter den Übergang von Inkohärenz zu einem partiell synchronen Zustand an, in dem ein Teil der Oszillatoren mit einer gemeinsamen Frequenz rotiert. Im endlichen Fall treten Fluktuationen auf.
In dieser Arbeit betrachten wir den bisher wenig beachteten Fall von bis zu wenigen hundert Oszillatoren, unter denen vergleichbar starke Fluktuationen auftreten, bei denen aber ein Vergleich zu Frequenzverteilungen im unendlichen Fall möglich ist.
Zunächst definieren wir einen alternativen Ordnungsparameter zur Feststellung einer kollektiven Mode im endlichen Kuramoto-Modell. Dann prüfen wir die Abhängigkeit des Synchronisationsgrades und der mittleren Rotationsfrequenz der kollektiven Mode von Eigenschaften der natürlichen Frequenzverteilung für verschiedene Kopplungsstärken.
Wir stellen dabei zunächst numerisch fest, dass der Synchronisationsgrad stark von der Form der Verteilung (gemessen durch die Kurtosis) und die Rotationsfrequenz der kollektiven Mode stark von der Asymmetrie der Verteilung (gemessen durch die Schiefe) der natürlichen Frequenzen abhängt. Beides können wir im thermodynamischen Limes analytisch verifizieren.
Mit diesen Ergebnissen können wir Erkenntnisse anderer Autoren besser verstehen und verallgemeinern. Etwas abseits des roten Fadens dieser Arbeit finden wir außerdem einen analytischen Ausdruck für die Volumenkontraktion im Phasenraum.
Der zweite Teil der Arbeit konzentriert sich auf den ordnenden Effekt von Fluktuationen, die durch die Endlichkeit des Systems zustande kommen. Im unendlichen Modell sind die Oszillatoren eindeutig in kohärent und inkohärent und damit in geordnet und ungeordnet getrennt. Im endlichen Fall können die auftretenden Fluktuationen zusätzliche Ordnung unter den asynchronen Oszillatoren erzeugen. Das grundlegende Prinzip, die rauschinduzierte Synchronisation, ist aus einer Reihe von Publikationen bekannt. Unter den gekoppelten Oszillatoren nähern sich die Phasen aufgrund der Fluktuationen des Ordnungsparameters an, wie wir einerseits direkt numerisch zeigen und andererseits mit einem Synchronisationsmaß aus der gerichteten Statistik zwischen Paaren passiver Oszillatoren nachweisen.
Wir bestimmen die Abhängigkeit dieses Synchronisationsmaßes vom Verhältnis von paarweiser natürlicher Frequenzdifferenz zur Varianz der Fluktuationen. Dabei finden wir eine gute Übereinstimmung mit einem einfachen analytischen Modell, in welchem wir die deterministischen Fluktuationen des Ordnungsparameters durch weißes Rauschen ersetzen.
N2  - Synchronization – the adjustment of rhythms among coupled self-oscillatory systems – is a fascinating dynamical phenomenon found in many biological, social, and technical systems.
The present thesis deals with synchronization in finite ensembles of weakly coupled self-sustained oscillators with distributed frequencies.
The standard model for the description of this collective phenomenon is the Kuramoto model – partly due to its analytical tractability in the thermodynamic limit of infinitely many oscillators. Similar to a phase transition in the thermodynamic limit, an order parameter indicates the transition from incoherence to a partially synchronized state. In the latter, a part of the oscillators rotates at a common frequency. In the finite case, fluctuations occur, originating from the quenched noise of the finite natural frequency sample.
We study intermediate ensembles of a few hundred oscillators in which fluctuations are comparably strong but which also allow for a comparison to frequency distributions in the infinite limit.
First, we define an alternative order parameter for the indication of a collective mode in the finite case. Then we test the dependence of the degree of synchronization and the mean rotation frequency of the collective mode on different characteristics for different coupling strengths.
We find, first numerically, that the degree of synchronization depends strongly on the form (quantified by kurtosis) of the natural frequency sample and the rotation frequency of the collective mode depends on the asymmetry (quantified by skewness) of the sample. Both findings are verified in the infinite limit.
With these findings, we better understand and generalize observations of other authors. A bit aside of the general line of thoughts, we find an analytical expression for the volume contraction in phase space.
The second part of this thesis concentrates on an ordering effect of the finite-size fluctuations. In the infinite limit, the oscillators are separated into coherent and incoherent thus ordered and disordered oscillators. In finite ensembles, finite-size fluctuations can generate additional order among the asynchronous oscillators. The basic principle – noise-induced synchronization – is known from several recent papers. Among coupled oscillators, phases are pushed together by the order parameter fluctuations, as we on the one hand show directly and on the other hand quantify with a synchronization measure from directed statistics between pairs of passive oscillators.
We determine the dependence of this synchronization measure from the ratio of pairwise natural frequency difference and variance of the order parameter fluctuations. We find a good agreement with a simple analytical model, in which we replace the deterministic fluctuations of the order parameter by white noise.
KW  - synchronization
KW  - Kuramoto model
KW  - finite size
KW  - phase transition
KW  - dynamical systems
KW  - networks
KW  - Synchronisation
KW  - Kuramoto-Modell
KW  - endliche Ensembles
KW  - Phasenübergang
KW  - dynamische Systeme
KW  - Netzwerke
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-429168
ER  -