JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-11-05DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026607815
V. E. Valiulin, A. V. Mikheyenkov, N. M. Chtchelkatchev, K. D. Litasov, V. V. Brazhkin
{"title":"Modeling the Composition and Structure of Earth’s Inner Core Using Deep Machine Learning","authors":"V. E. Valiulin, A. V. Mikheyenkov, N. M. Chtchelkatchev, K. D. Litasov, V. V. Brazhkin","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026607815","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026607815","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An atomic study of the Earth’s inner core has been conducted. The neural network interaction potential built using machine learning was used. The neural network was trained using first-principles calculations using the density functional method. The multicomponent composition of the Earth’s inner core, obtained on the basis of petrologic and experimental estimates and containing several light elements (Si, S, O, C and H) in a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) lattice of Fe and Ni, was chosen as a model system. The agreement between the density and velocities of longitudinal and transverse sound waves has been demonstrated <span>({{V}_{P}})</span> and <span>({{V}_{S}})</span> with the PREM seismological model under PT conditions of the inner core. The radial distribution functions and diffusion coefficients demonstrate the superionic nature of the inner core. The results obtained, with incomparably lower computational costs, are not inferior to the data of molecular dynamics from first principles.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 6","pages":"427 - 433"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0021364026607815.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149309564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-11-05DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026607864
Yu. S. Gulina, J. Zhu, A. V. Gorevoy, N. I. Dolzhenko, E. N. Rimskaya, S. I. Kudryashov
{"title":"Refractive Index Modification of PMMA and PDMS by Ultrashort Laser Pulses with Variable Duration","authors":"Yu. S. Gulina, J. Zhu, A. V. Gorevoy, N. I. Dolzhenko, E. N. Rimskaya, S. I. Kudryashov","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026607864","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026607864","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A systematic study was conducted on the influence of the duration of femtosecond laser pulses (250–2500 fs) with wavelengths of 1030 and 515 nm on the local modification of the optical properties of biocompatible polymers—polymethylmethacrylate and polydimethylsiloxane. It has been established that for a wavelength of 1030 nm, a positive change in the refractive index is observed at durations of 250 and 500 fs, and a negative change at durations of 750 fs and more; for 515 nm, a change in sign from positive to negative occurs at durations of 2000 fs and more, which is associated with the competition of photochemical and plasma-thermal processes determined by the dominant photoionization mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 6","pages":"419 - 426"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149309566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-11-05DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026607797
E. A. Bolkhovitinov, A. A. Rupasov, A. A. Kologrivov, O. P. Ivanov, V. N. Potapov
{"title":"Application of a Numerical Image Reconstruction Method to Improve Spatial Resolution in Diagnostics of X-Ray Plasma Sources Using Large-Aperture Pinhole Cameras","authors":"E. A. Bolkhovitinov, A. A. Rupasov, A. A. Kologrivov, O. P. Ivanov, V. N. Potapov","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026607797","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026607797","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A method is proposed for using large-aperture pinhole cameras to record high-spatial-resolution images of low-intensity, small-sized plasma X-ray sources. To implement this method specifically for large-diameter pinhole cameras, a mathematical procedure for image reconstruction was developed and applied, based on an iteration method for solving an ill-posed problem—the Fredholm integral equation of the first kind with a special instrumental function. Based on model and experimental images, it is shown that the use of such a procedure makes it possible to obtain reconstructed images of the source with a spatial resolution significantly better than the intrinsic geometric resolution of large-aperture pinhole cameras. Thus, a real opportunity has emerged for using easy-to-manufacture large-aperture pinholes with high light intensity in experimental diagnostics, which were previously not usually used for studying X-ray plasma sources.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 6","pages":"465 - 471"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149309569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-11-05DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026608572
N. E. Sluchanko, A. N. Azarevich, A. V. Bogach, A. V. Shestakov, S. Yu. Gavrilkin, A. Yu. Tsvetkov, V. V. Voronov, S. Gabani, K. Flachbart, V. N. Ryzhov, V. V. Brazhkin
{"title":"Near-Critical Behavior of Heat Capacity during Transitions to the Antiferromagnetic State in Hexaborides RB6 (R = Nd, Gd, and Tb)","authors":"N. E. Sluchanko, A. N. Azarevich, A. V. Bogach, A. V. Shestakov, S. Yu. Gavrilkin, A. Yu. Tsvetkov, V. V. Voronov, S. Gabani, K. Flachbart, V. N. Ryzhov, V. V. Brazhkin","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026608572","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026608572","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Precision measurements of heat capacity <span>({{C}_{p}})</span> were performed in a magnetic field of up to 90 kOe in the vicinity of the Neel temperature <span>({{T}_{N}})</span> in hexaborides NdB<sub>6</sub>, GdB<sub>6</sub>, and TbB<sub>6</sub> with Jahn–Teller (JT) structural instability, critical behavior <span>({{C}_{p}}(T))</span> was studied. It has been established that the phase transformation in these <i>R</i>B<sub>6</sub> belongs to the class of “weak” first-order phase transitions, close to second-order phase transitions, with a small jump value <span>(Delta {{C}_{p}})</span> in GdB<sub>6</sub>, and the behavior <span>({{C}_{p}}(T))</span> in a wide vicinity <span>({{T}_{N}})</span> is well described by critical indices <span>({{gamma }_{i}})</span> (<i>i</i> = AF and P), which are typical for <span>(lambda )</span>-anomalies. For NdB<sub>6</sub> and GdB<sub>6</sub> <span>({{gamma }_{{{text{AF}}}}})</span> and <span>({{gamma }_{{text{P}}}})</span> take values <span>( - (1{-} 1.4))</span>, found in various models for “pure” second-order phase transitions. In strong fields up to 90 kOe, critical values significantly deviate from the model values. For TbB<sub>6</sub> <span>({{gamma }_{{{text{AF}}}}})</span>, <span>({{gamma }_{{text{P}}}} sim - 2)</span> received, indicating a more pronounced “magnitude of 1st order transition” effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 6","pages":"439 - 444"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149309565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-11-05DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026607712
P. A. Prudkovskii
{"title":"Shot Noise Features of a Terahertz Superconducting Bolometer","authors":"P. A. Prudkovskii","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026607712","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026607712","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The fluctuations in the response of a terahertz superconducting hot electron bolometer, associated with the discreteness of photon absorption events, during the detection of weak radiation fluxes, were theoretically studied. It is shown that the nonlinear dependence of the resistance of a superconducting NbN film near the critical temperature leads to an asymmetric distribution of the local temperature of the electron subsystem; an analytical expression for this distribution is obtained. Using numerical simulation, it is shown that the proximity of the bolometer operating point to the instability region located in the section of the negative slope of the current-voltage characteristic of the superconducting film, at weak radiation fluxes, can lead to a significant asymmetry in the distribution of the bolometer response and even to its non-monotonic dependence on the radiation intensity.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 6","pages":"445 - 452"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0021364026607712.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149309568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-11-05DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026608389
K. P. Galstyan, I. V. Zalivako, N. N. Kolachevsky
{"title":"Mid-Circuit Measurement of Optical Qubits in 171Yb+ Ions Using the 2D3/2 Hyperfine Structure","authors":"K. P. Galstyan, I. V. Zalivako, N. N. Kolachevsky","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026608389","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026608389","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mid-circuit measurement of individual qubits is a necessary element in the implementation of quantum error correction protocols and allows for the reduction of resource requirements for the execution of a number of quantum algorithms. In this paper, we present a protocol for mid-circuit measurement of qubits implemented at an optical transition <span>(^{2}{{S}_{{1/2}}}(F = 0,{{m}_{F}} = 0){{ to }^{2}}{{D}_{{3/2}}}(F = 2,{{m}_{F}} = 0))</span> in ions <sup>171</sup>Yb<sup>+</sup>. The proposed protocol enables selective measurement of a subset of qubits (target qubits) without destroying the state of the rest (spectator qubits). The method involves the use of an auxiliary state <span>(^{2}{{D}_{{3/2}}}(F = 1))</span>, as well as a spin echo technique to maintain the coherence of the spectator qubits during the operation. The average reliability of the target qubit measurement operation of 98.2(1)% was experimentally demonstrated, while maintaining the amplitude of Ramsey oscillations on the spectator qubit at least 95.2(6)%. The proposed method does not require the movement of ions or the complication of the addressing system, due to which it can be implemented in a chain of ions of one type and easily integrated into existing quantum processors based on <sup>171</sup>Yb<sup>+</sup>. The capabilities of the developed protocol are demonstrated by an experimental implementation of CNOT gate teleportation.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 6","pages":"472 - 480"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0021364026608389.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149309570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-11-05DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026607736
A. M. Dyugaev, E. V. Lebedeva, P. D. Grigoriev
{"title":"Thermodynamics of a System of Hard Spheres","authors":"A. M. Dyugaev, E. V. Lebedeva, P. D. Grigoriev","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026607736","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026607736","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on the analysis of the results obtained by the numerical Monte Carlo method for a system of hard spheres, it was established that the quantum contribution to its energy <span>(E)</span>, calculated for one particle increases with increasing temperature <span>(T)</span> how <span>(sqrt T )</span>: <span>(E = frac{3}{2}T + delta {{({{varepsilon }_{0}}T)}^{{1/2}}})</span>, <span>({{varepsilon }_{0}} = frac{{{{h}^{2}}}}{{2pi M{{sigma }^{2}}}})</span>; where <span>(M)</span> and <span>(sigma )</span>—mass and diameter of spheres, <span>(delta )</span> is a parameter depending on the density of the system of hard spheres. This contribution is proportional to the first power of Planck’s constant <span>(h)</span>. The interpolation formula for heat capacity is substantiated <span>({{C}_{V}})</span>: <span>({{C}_{V}}(lambda ) = frac{3}{2} + frac{delta }{2}lambda (1 - {{lambda }^{2}}))</span>, where <span>(lambda )</span> is the ratio of the wavelength of the particles to their diameter: <span>(lambda = ({{varepsilon }_{0}}{text{/}}T{{)}^{{1/2}}})</span>. At <span>(lambda = 1)</span> <span>({{C}_{V}})</span> for the system of hard spheres has a fan-shaped point dividing the regions of high <span>(T > {{varepsilon }_{0}})</span> and low <span>(T < {{varepsilon }_{0}})</span> temperature. The result was a comparison of the model system with a physical liquid <sup>4</sup>He, for whom such a fan-shaped point is visible in the experiment. Near this point, the model system and liquid <sup>4</sup>He They have the same linear pressure dependence <span>(P)</span> from temperature <i>T</i>, characteristic of an ideal gas, as well as the same dependence of entropy on dimensionless density.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 6","pages":"453 - 458"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149309637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-10-18DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026607438
E. V. Argunov, D. Yu. Karpenkov, A. Yu. Levakhova, A. Yu. Tsvetkov, K. A. Shcherbakova, E. V. Chernyshova, I. V. Andreev, O. A. Podchasov, A. V. Bogach, Yu. M. Kuznetsov, M. V. Dorokhin, A. V. Zdoroveishev
{"title":"Thermoelectric and Magnetic Properties of Polycrystalline Cu11TM1Sb4S13 (TM = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) Compounds with the p-Type Conductivity","authors":"E. V. Argunov, D. Yu. Karpenkov, A. Yu. Levakhova, A. Yu. Tsvetkov, K. A. Shcherbakova, E. V. Chernyshova, I. V. Andreev, O. A. Podchasov, A. V. Bogach, Yu. M. Kuznetsov, M. V. Dorokhin, A. V. Zdoroveishev","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026607438","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026607438","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this work, for the first time, a comprehensive experimental and theoretical study was carried out on the influence of copper substitution with magnetically active metals TM = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni on the thermoelectric and magnetic properties of tetrahedrites of the composition Cu<sub>11</sub>TM<sub>1</sub>Sb<sub>4</sub>S<sub>13</sub>. Maximum value of thermoelectric figure of merit <span>(z{{T}_{{max }}} = 1.34)</span> at 735 K was achieved for the unalloyed sample. It was established that doping <span>(3d)</span>-metals leads to a decrease <span>(zT)</span> due to a decrease in electrical conductivity and an increase in thermal conductivity. Experimental data show that with decreasing charge number <span>(3d)</span>-ion, an increase in the magnetic moment at the substitution position is observed. However, for the entire series of compositions, no significant increase in magneto-thermoEMF was detected. The calculations carried out within the framework of the density functional theory qualitatively reproduce the experimental data and confirm that the contribution of spin entropy, magnon drag and other spin-caloritron mechanisms to the thermoelectric properties in tetrahedrites with substitutions 3<i>d</i>-metals is insignificant.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 5","pages":"373 - 379"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149214597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-10-18DOI: 10.1134/S0021364026607505
M. N. Platonova, O. A. Rubtsova
{"title":"Account for the Final State Interaction in Meson Production Processes","authors":"M. N. Platonova, O. A. Rubtsova","doi":"10.1134/S0021364026607505","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S0021364026607505","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A generalization of the Fäldt–Wilkin formalism, which relates the meson production cross sections with the emission of a deuteron to those with the emission of a nucleon pair in the final state, is proposed for higher excitation energies of the final pair of nucleons. To derive the relationship between the cross sections, a model of interaction with an additional non-nucleon channel is used, in which the relationship between the corresponding amplitudes is determined by the energy dependence of the non-nucleon component of the <span>(NN)</span>-system wavefunction. It is shown that the obtained cross section ratio is practically independent of the interaction model at excitation energies of the nucleon pair from 0 to 40–50 MeV. As an example, the ratios of total and differential cross sections of the reaction <span>(pp to pn{{pi }^{ + }})</span> to the corresponding cross sections of <span>(pp to d{{pi }^{ + }})</span> are considered. It is shown that the proposed generalized formalism for taking into account the final-state interaction of nucleons describes well the experimental data at energies of incident protons below 600 MeV.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 5","pages":"328 - 335"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S0021364026607505.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149214600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JETP LettersPub Date : 2026-10-18DOI: 10.1134/S002136402660761X
A. M. Vyunishev, N. N. Davletshin, A. S. Chirkin
{"title":"Ghost Imaging Microscopy with Pseudo-Thermal Light","authors":"A. M. Vyunishev, N. N. Davletshin, A. S. Chirkin","doi":"10.1134/S002136402660761X","DOIUrl":"10.1134/S002136402660761X","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The results of research on a new type of microscopy—ghost imaging microscopy, which has the advantages of ghost imaging—are presented. A consistent theory of ghost imaging microscopy with an incoherent light source has been developed. The optical scheme of the ghost imaging microscope includes two objective lenses in the object channel and one lens in the reference channel. The calculation of the mutual spatial correlation function of channel intensities containing information about the object under study is presented. It is shown that visualization using ghost imaging microscopy is possible when the lens condition in the object channel is not met, which distinguishes this type of microvisualization from optical one. A source of pseudo-thermal radiation was used in experimental studies. Ghost images of biological preparations of ascomycete fungi of <i>Aspergillus</i> genus and animal epidermal cells have been reconstructed. The resulting images demonstrate the transmission of the main structural elements of the objects under study.</p>","PeriodicalId":604,"journal":{"name":"JETP Letters","volume":"124 5","pages":"354 - 359"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1134/S002136402660761X.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149214614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}