Beryllium-7 (^7Be) and lead-210 (^210pb) activities were measured from October 2002 to January 2004 at Waliguan Observatory (WO: 36.287°N, 100.898°E, 3816 m a.s.l (above sea level) in northwest China...Beryllium-7 (^7Be) and lead-210 (^210pb) activities were measured from October 2002 to January 2004 at Waliguan Observatory (WO: 36.287°N, 100.898°E, 3816 m a.s.l (above sea level) in northwest China. ^7Be and ^210pb activities are high with overall averages of 14.74-3.5 mBq m^-3 and 1.8±0.8 mBq m^-3 respectively. For both 7Be and ^210pb, there are significant short-term and seasonal variations with a commonly low value in summer (May-September) and a monthly maximum in April (for ^7Be) and in December (for ^210pb). The ratio of ^7Be/^210pb showed a broad maximum extending from April to July, coinciding with a seasonal peak in surface ozone (O3). The seasonal cycles of ^7Be and ^210pb activities were greatly influenced by precipitation and thermal dynamical conditions over the boundary layer, especially for ^210Pb. The vertical mixing process between the boundary layer and the aloft air modulates the variations of ^7Be and ^210pb at WO in summer. It is indicated that air mass had longer residence time and originated from higher altitudes at WO in the spring-summer time and the winter in 2003. During an event with extremely high weeklyaveraged ^7Be concentration (24.8 mBq m^-3) together with high O3 levels and low water mixing ratio, we found that air masses had been convectively transported a long distance to WO from high latitude source regions in central Asia, where significant subsiding motions were observed. In another case with the extreme ^210pb activity of 5.7 mBq m^-3 high CO2 level and specific humidity (in winter), air masses had come from south China and north Indian regions where 222Rn activities were high. This study, using ^7Be and ^210pb as atmospheric tracers, has revealed that complex interactions of convective mixing from the upper troposphere and long-range transports exist at WO.展开更多
The mixed-valent Pb3Rh7O15 undergoes a Verwey-type transition at Tv≈180K, below which the development of Rh3+3+/Rh4+4+ charge order induces an abrupt conductor-to-insulator transition in resistivity. Here we inve...The mixed-valent Pb3Rh7O15 undergoes a Verwey-type transition at Tv≈180K, below which the development of Rh3+3+/Rh4+4+ charge order induces an abrupt conductor-to-insulator transition in resistivity. Here we investigate the effect of pressure on the Verwey-type transition of Pb3Rh7O15 by measuring its electrical resistivity under hydrostatic pressures up to 8GPa with a cubic anvil cell apparatus. We find that the application of high pressure can suppress the Verwey-type transition around 3GPa, above which a metallic state is realized at temperatures below ~70K, suggesting the melting of charge order by pressure. Interestingly, the low-temperature metallic region shrinks gradually upon further increasing pressure and disappears completely at P〉7GPa, which indicates that the charge carriers in Pb3Rh7O15 undergo a reentrant localization under higher pressures. We have constructed a temperature-pressure phase diagram for Pb3Rh7O15 and compared to that of Fe3O4, showing an archetype Verwey transition.展开更多
基金the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40175032 , 40575013).
文摘Beryllium-7 (^7Be) and lead-210 (^210pb) activities were measured from October 2002 to January 2004 at Waliguan Observatory (WO: 36.287°N, 100.898°E, 3816 m a.s.l (above sea level) in northwest China. ^7Be and ^210pb activities are high with overall averages of 14.74-3.5 mBq m^-3 and 1.8±0.8 mBq m^-3 respectively. For both 7Be and ^210pb, there are significant short-term and seasonal variations with a commonly low value in summer (May-September) and a monthly maximum in April (for ^7Be) and in December (for ^210pb). The ratio of ^7Be/^210pb showed a broad maximum extending from April to July, coinciding with a seasonal peak in surface ozone (O3). The seasonal cycles of ^7Be and ^210pb activities were greatly influenced by precipitation and thermal dynamical conditions over the boundary layer, especially for ^210Pb. The vertical mixing process between the boundary layer and the aloft air modulates the variations of ^7Be and ^210pb at WO in summer. It is indicated that air mass had longer residence time and originated from higher altitudes at WO in the spring-summer time and the winter in 2003. During an event with extremely high weeklyaveraged ^7Be concentration (24.8 mBq m^-3) together with high O3 levels and low water mixing ratio, we found that air masses had been convectively transported a long distance to WO from high latitude source regions in central Asia, where significant subsiding motions were observed. In another case with the extreme ^210pb activity of 5.7 mBq m^-3 high CO2 level and specific humidity (in winter), air masses had come from south China and north Indian regions where 222Rn activities were high. This study, using ^7Be and ^210pb as atmospheric tracers, has revealed that complex interactions of convective mixing from the upper troposphere and long-range transports exist at WO.
基金Supported by the"Shi-Pei Ji Hua",the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 51402019 and 11574377the Beijing Natural Science Foundation under Grant No 2152011+5 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China under Grants No2014CB921500the Strategic Priority Research ProgramKey Research Program of Frontier Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant Nos XDB07020100 and QYZDB-SSW-SLH013the U.S.Department of Energy,Office of Science,Basic Energy Sciences,Materials Sciences and Engineering Divisionthe CEMNSF MRSEC under Grant No DMR-1420451
文摘The mixed-valent Pb3Rh7O15 undergoes a Verwey-type transition at Tv≈180K, below which the development of Rh3+3+/Rh4+4+ charge order induces an abrupt conductor-to-insulator transition in resistivity. Here we investigate the effect of pressure on the Verwey-type transition of Pb3Rh7O15 by measuring its electrical resistivity under hydrostatic pressures up to 8GPa with a cubic anvil cell apparatus. We find that the application of high pressure can suppress the Verwey-type transition around 3GPa, above which a metallic state is realized at temperatures below ~70K, suggesting the melting of charge order by pressure. Interestingly, the low-temperature metallic region shrinks gradually upon further increasing pressure and disappears completely at P〉7GPa, which indicates that the charge carriers in Pb3Rh7O15 undergo a reentrant localization under higher pressures. We have constructed a temperature-pressure phase diagram for Pb3Rh7O15 and compared to that of Fe3O4, showing an archetype Verwey transition.