Hydrogen-like recombination X-ray lasers using ps pulse drivers

We propose a scheme for producing high gain recombination X-ray lasers on hydrogen-like Balmer transitions by irradiating fibre targets with a 2 ps Chirped Pulse Amplification CPA beam of a Nd-glass laser facility. Very high gain coefficients for H-like C, N, O, F, Na Balmer transitions are predicted. The optimum electron density and temperature for maximum gain operation scale approximately asN _e 4 × 10¹³ Z ⁷ cm^–3 and T_e 7 × 10^–3 Z ⁴ eV, respectively, at the time when maximum lasing gain appears. Significant improvement in gain performance of recombination X-ray lasers is predicted by using CPA ps pulse drivers.     

The motion of 90° wedge domains in BaTiO3 in an alternating electric field

The paper deals with the motion of 90° wedge domains in BaTiO₃ in an alternating field of 50 c/s. The critical field, the positional hysteresis loops with double asymmetry, the production of wedges with polarization perpendicular to the field and 180° substructure in the wedges were studied. The differences between the behaviour of the wedges and the individual 90° walls are pointed out which are caused by differences in the energy balance of these formations and by different interactions with 180° processes. The upper limit of contribution of the wedge motion to the initial permittivity is estimated. The results are discussed from the phenomenological point of view.

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The influence of oscillations on ionization in a discharge path

The paper solves the problem of gas ionization in a discharge path in a very dilute gas, where the free path of the electrons is much larger than the dimensions of the path and the transit time of the electrons between the electrodes is of the order of the period of the applied h-f voltage. It was found that for a certain ratio of the transit time of the electrons between the electrodes in the discharge path to the period of the h-f oscillation, resonance occurs when the wattless current component is zero. The electron density rises in the path and thus also the gas ionization.

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In conclusion, the author would like to thank F. Benda for preparing the equipment, M. Kivánek for preparing the equipment and some of the measurements, and A. Hrdá for the measurements and for working out the case with equally large a-c and d-c voltages within the framework of her thesis.     

О СУЩЕСТВОВАНИИ ОТРИ ЦАТЕЛЬНОГО ЯВЛЕНИЯ БАРКГАУЗЕНА

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Elastic stress around linear dislocation in anisotropic medium

Relations are derived for the elastic stress field around a linear dislocation in an infinite medium with general anisotropy. The strongly deformed material around the core of the dislocation is cut out in the shape of an elliptic cylinder. The conditions of a free surface are used on the boundary thus formed. The calculation of the field around a crack in a crystal, the model of which was proposed by Fujita in [9], is given as an example.

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The author thanks Dr. F. Kroupa for valuable discussions and all-round help in solving the problem and Z. Hemanová for performing the numerical calculations.     

On the yellow colouring of lithium fluoride crystals

The paper deals with the causes of the yellow colouring of LiF crystals. In accordance with some other writers the authors arrived at the conclusion that colouring is caused by impurities. Selective absorption in the infra-red region at 2·8 is independent of this colouring. Analytical data were supplemented by crystal growing experiments in which defined admixtures of heavy metals, such as Co, Mn, Fe, Cr, Ni, Pt, Cu, were added to the melt. It is shown that, of the admixtures used, the most intense colouring is produced by manganese. Experiments on the effect of Cu and Pt were not entirely conclusive. In vacuum colour-producing impurities evaporate quite easily from the melt until their concentration drops below the critical limit required for colouring; in air this happens only if the charge is left in the melted state for a longer period (in our case a 1 kg charge was kept at 100°C above melting point for 36 hours). Results are improved if a dried gas, for instance nitrogen, is bubbled through the meit. A colourless crystal can be obtained in this manner even without using a vacuum; the starting material, however, must be sufficiently pure. A new method was worked out for preparing the salt by direct precipitation of LiCl and HF. Heavy metals are removed from the lithium component by means of cupral and dithizone. The construction of the apparatus used for the crystal growing experients in vacuum differs from that described in the appropriate literature.

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Double cascade transitions of gamma rays from radiative capture on Co59

Pairs of gamma quanta, giving a sum equal to the binding energy of the last neutron in a Co⁶⁰ isotope, were studied during radiation capture on a Co⁵⁹ nucleus. The energies of the gamma quanta giving such cascades were determined and an attempt was made to determine the relative intensities of the different cascades.

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In conclusion the authors thank J. Vávra for cooperation in the measurements.     

The application of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes to welding arcs

The self-regulation of an inert gas shielded metal welding arc is dealt with briefly. A thermodynamic equation is derived for the self-regulation of such an arc.

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Деформация усика С ли нейной дислокацией

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The deformation of a whisker with edge dislocation

An approximate solution is given of the deformation of a plate caused by an edge dislocation lying in the central plane. The results are used to discuss the bending of a whisker as a result of an edge dislocation; in the calculations the whisker is approximated as an infinite band.

     

A contribution to the theory of the triple crystal diffractometer

The first part of the paper gives a general equation for triple-crystal arrangement with perfect crystals on the assumption that the third crystal is rotated. It is shown that in the case of perfect crystals the shape of the reflection curve is practically independent of the vertical divergence. The case of mosaic crystals is also solved and the possibility of rotation by other than the third crystal is considered. A method is proposed for investigating the imperfection of a crystal which is different from methods used up to now. The paper is supplemented by some experimental results.

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The propagation of excitation energy in perturbed crystals

The process of the propagation of excitation energy in perturbed dielectric crystals with a weak bond between the atoms having zero permanent dipole moment is studied. It is shown that on certain assumptions this process of propagation can be regarded as the motion of a Frenkel exciton in the electrostatic field of the defect. Frenkel's exciton can be characterized in this case as a neutral polarizable particle having induced dipole moment equal to the change in the induced dipole moment of the crystal during the excitation of one of its atoms.

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тЕОРИь И стРУктУРА тЕ МпЕРАтУРНОгО ИжОБРА жЕНИь

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The theory and structure of the temperature image

The paper describes the theory of the formation of a temperature image when there are large temperature differences and introduces the concept of temperature distortion of an image. It also deals with the geometrical distortion of the temperature image by the longitudinal thermal conductivity of the receiver layer and gives a solution of the corresponding differential equation of the temperature image for the case of a general linear line test and general circular concentric test. Equations are derived for the temperature distributions of the temperature images of some optical lineated and circular test objects and their geometrical distortion due to the thermal conductivity of the receiver layer is investigated.

     

Сцинтилляционный сп ектрометр с сложение м импулъсов от двух кри сталлов

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The distribution of dislocations in silicon iron single-crystals grown from the melt

The distribution of dislocations in a crystal of an Fe-4.2% Si alloy prepared from the melt is studied microscopically and, by X-ray diffraction after rendering them visible by anodic dissolving. The dislocations are also studied inside the crystal by successively grinding the surface. The density of the dislocations inside the blocks is determined by calculation from microphotos, the density of the dislocations forming the boundaries between the blocks by measuring the angles between the lattices of neighbouring blocks. It is found that the dislocations are distributed very unevenly in the crystal and most of them form complicated boundaries of blocks, similarly as with ionic crystals. The distribution of dislocations is also discussed from the point of view of their formation and conclusions are reached as to the preparation of single crystals having a smaller number of dislocations.

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The author is indebted to Candidates of Mathematics and Physics, F. Kroupa and J. Kaczér, for careful reading and advice whereby they helped to give greater depth and accuracy to this paper. He thanks Z. Tahal and M. Honegrová for initiative shown in helping to prepare the single crystals and during exacting experimental work, and S. Kadeková for aid in adjusting the spectrometer.     

The classical theory of nuclear spin interaction in a ferromagnet

The Hamiltonian of nuclear spin interaction in a ferromagnet is derived by the classical method, which introduces the precession of nuclear spin into the equation of motion for magnetization. From this it is shown that the interaction Hamiltonian also depends on the magnitude and sign of nuclear precession frequency _N and the damping constant of ferromagnetic resonance A. The calculation of these parameters makes the Suhl [1] quantum mechanical derivation of the Hamiltonian of nuclear spin interaction in a ferromagnet more accurate. The influence of these parameters on the relaxation timeT ₂ is also discussed and is applied to the case of cubic cobalt.

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In conclusion the author thanks Dr. L. Valenta for significant remarks and valuable advice on this work. He also thanks J. Kvasnica and Z. roubek for suggestive discussions.     

The elastic coupling between longitudinal and transversal vibrations of isotropic rods I. Rods of square and rectangular cross-section

A new approximate method for theoretically calculating longitudinal vibration frequencies of isotropic homogeneous rods of square and rectangular cross-section is given. We divide a three-dimensional longitudinal vibration into three one-dimensional ones; the coupling between the principal strains in question is assumed to be linear, similarly as in the static case of simple tension. The coupling between the deformations is realized by variable coupling parameters or depending on the order of vibrations (contrary to Rayleigh's correction where Poisson's ratio is the coupling parameter). These parameters are defined by the condition that the corresponding frequency must be minimized (stationary).Up till now Giebe and Blechschmidt [2] have given the best approximate method of calculation. The series of their calculated frequencies corresponds to the measuredones nearly as well as the frequencies calculated by us. The theory described here, however, contains a richer spectrum of frequencies and at the same time explains the frequencies measured in the range of the so-called dead zone, which is the weak point of Giebe's and Blechschmidt's theory.

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ТЕМПЕРАТУРНАЯ ЗАВИС ИМОСТЬ ТЕРМОЭЛЕКТРОДВИЖУЩ ЕЙ СИЛЫ СЕРОГО ОЛОВА С ПРИМЕСЯМИ КАДМИЯ

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The temperature dependence of the refractive index of germanium

The temperature dependence of the refractive index of germanium in a wave-length region of 1·8–5·5 and temperature region of 100–530 °K is given for three samples of single crystal germanium having different concentrations of impurities. The temperature dependence of the refractive index is non-linear. Our results are compared with those of other authors. An attempt is also made to theoretically interpret the observed dependence.

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In conclusion the author thanks Dr. Trousil from the Institute of Technical Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, for supplying the germanium, Mr. Tma for preparing and polishing the prisms, Dr. Tauc from the same institute for enabling most of the measurements to be carried out in his laboratory, and Mrs. ilhavá for help in the measurements.     

Основные соотношени я длн построения механических селект оров нейтронов

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The interaction of foils activated by thermal neutrons

The interaction of foils lying in a plane during their activation by thermal neutrons has been calculated. Numerical values of functions are listed, which can be used in calculations, especially for graphite. The interaction was measured in the graphite column of the VVR-S reactor.

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We thank J. Frytacký, T. Kania and V. ervenka for their help in the numerical calculations and measurements.