Three-lobed shape bifurcation of rotating liquid drops

The evolution of axisymmetric equilibrium shapes of a rigidly rotating liquid drop can be extended beyond the 2-lobed shape bifurcation point if the rotating drop is driven in the n = 2 axisymmetric shape oscillation (perturbation), where n is the mode of oscillation. A reason for the extended stability of the perturbed rotating drop is that the inertia of the driven axisymmetric shape oscillation suppresses growth of a natural nonaxisymmetric shape fluctuation which leads to the 2-lobed shape bifurcation. The axisymmetric shape of the drop eventually bifurcates into either a 2- or a 3-lobed shape at a higher bifurcation point which is asserted to be the 3-lobed shape bifurcation point.     

Critical conditions for instability of a highly charged oblate spheroidal drop

The spectrum of capillary oscillations of a charged oblate spheroidal drop is calculated in neglect of the interaction between modes by means of a perturbation expansion in the small deviation of the equilibrium shape of the drop from spherical. The critical conditions for instability of its nth mode with respect to the self-charge are calculated in the form of an analytical function describing how the dimensionless Rayleigh parameter characterizing the stability of the drop depends on the value of the spheroidal deformation. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 10–14 (July 1999)     

Systematic Research on Shapes of Even Even Nuclei Around A～100 Regions With DHF Method

Using modified surface delta interaction, the deformed Hartree-Fock calculations for twenty tWo nuclei: ^102—114Ru, ^102—116Pd and ^104—116Cd are performed.Prolate and oblate configurations are obtained. The calculated results show that there exist form transitions and shape coexistence from mass number 102 to 116, and that the single-particle energy spectra are different not only for different mass number but also for different configurations of nuclei. At the same time, it is also found that the numbers of proton and the 3s_1/2 orbit begining to fill with neutrons play important roles in the shape transitions.     

三硝基甲苯起爆机理实验研究

 用单脉冲化学激波管实验方法,使用自由基清扫剂和对比速率,测定了邻位和对位硝基甲苯在高温下,裂解瞬间（500 μs） 的化学反应机理,并测定了化学反应速率常数。作为邻位硝基甲苯的同分异构体,对位硝基甲苯的主要裂解通道与其不同。通过实验发现了邻位硝基甲苯的裂解重要通道,测到它的产1氧-2氮-3,4-环丁二稀基异嚙唑（Anthranil） 在瞬间随温度变化生成和很快消失的过程。由此,测得这一化学性质极不稳定的产物的消失速率常数为：k(Anthranil)＝3.7×10¹⁵·exp(－25 800/T) s^-1。分析这一过程的机理,认为第一步是硝基甲苯的裂解,第二步是Anthranil的生成,第三步是Anthranil中的N－O键的断裂。     

Determination of the Surface Tension of Liquid Fe77.5Cu13Mo9.5 Ternary Monotectic Alloy

Thermophysical properties of undercooled liquid monotectic alloys are usually difficult to be determined because of the great dittlculty in achieving large undercoolings. We measure the surface tension of liquid Fe77.5 Cu13Mo9.5 monotectic alloy by an electromagnetic oscillating drop method over a wide temperature range from 1577 to 1784 K, including both superheated and undercooled states. A good linear relationship exists between the surface tension and temperature. The surface tension value is 1.588 N/m at the monotectic temperature of 1703K, and its temperature coefficient is -3.7 × 10^-4 Nm^-1 K^-1. Based on the Butler equation, the surface tension is also calculated theoretically. The experimental and calculated results indicate that the effect of the enriched element on droplet surface is much more conspicuous than the other elements to decrease the surface tension.     

Sound generation as a drop falls on a water surface

Impact of a drop on a water surface is accompanied by a series of sound pulses propagating in air and underwater. Depending on the falling mode (drop size and initial velocity), pulses substantially differ in amplitude, duration, and modulation frequency. We study falling modes in which in addition to conventional sound packets—the shock pulse and single resonance sound packets—several packets are observed. Experiments were conducted with simultaneous recording of sound in air and underwater and were accompanied by synchronous video depiction of currents in the drop impact region. Comparison of videograms and phonograms demonstrate that the sources of sound packets are gas cavities of arbitrary shape detached from the underwater cavern under the action of large accelerations (several km/s²) during a sharp change in its surface area, which gradually achieve equilibrial elliptical and spherical shapes.     

On the Difference of High Spin Band Structure Between I and Ce Isotopes

It has been predicted that in nuclei with Z=52－56,there are many low-lying oblate and prolate rotational bands.Experimental investigation has been carrying out for the high spin band structure in serial I and Ce isotopes recently.It is found along with the prolate bands,there do exist oblate bands for proton h_11/2,g_7/2 and d_5/2,configurations in I.The band termination (non-collective oblate shape) was found in ^119,121I as well.All the prolate band structure was found in Ce.Further theoretical calculation was done with newly fitted Nilsson κ and μ parameters.Results show that the absolute values of shell energy and self-consistent pairing energy for oblate shape are always lager for I than for Ce.Besides,the band head oblateprolate energy difference is much in favor of oblate shape for I than for Ce.All these results are related to the existence of an oblate 54 gap in proton single particle diagram.     

Atomic Diffusion in Cu/Si （111） and Cu/SiO2/Si （111） Systems by Neutral Cluster Beam Deposition

The Cu films are deposited on two kinds of p-type Si （111） substrates by ionized duster beam （ICB） technique. The interface reaction and atomic diffusion of Cu/Si （111） and Cu/SiO2/Si （111） systems are studied at different annealing temperatures by x-ray diffraction （XRD） and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry （RBS）. Some significant results are obtained： For the Cu/Si （111） samples prepared by neutral dusters, the interdiffusion of Cu and Si atoms occurs when annealed at 230℃. The diffusion coefficients of the samples annealed at 230℃ and 500℃ are 8.5 ×10^-15 cm^2.s^-1 and 3.0 ×10^-14 cm^2.s^-1, respectively. The formation of the copper-silicide phase is observed by XRD, and its intensity becomes stronger with the increase of annealing temperature. For the Cu/SiO2//Si （111） samples prepared by neutral dusters, the interdiffusion of Cu and Si atoms occurs and copper silicides are formed when annealed at 450℃. The diffusion coefficients of Cu in Si are calculated to be 6.0 ×10^-16 cm^2.s^-1 at 450℃, due to the fact that the existence of the SiO2 layer suppresses the interdiffusion of Cu and Si.     

Some observations on the appearance of instability of a plane charged liquid surface

A dispersion relation is obtained for the capillary oscillations of a hemispherical protrusion (oblate or prolate) on the plane surface of a conducting liquid in a uniform electrostatic field parallel to the symmetry axis of the protrusion. For the fundamental mode of the capillary oscillations realized on the protrusion the critical dependence of the parameter characterizing its stability in an external electrostatic field is obtained as a function of the square of the eccentricity as the protrusion is drawn out from the an oblate to a prolate hemisphere. Such a change in shape lowers the threshold electric field for instability of the protrusion. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 15–22 (July 1999)     

Nonlinear oscillations of an uncharged conducting drop in an external uniform electrostatic field

The problem of nonlinear oscillations of the finite amplitude of an uncharged drop of an ideal incompressible conducting liquid in an external uniform electrostatic field is solved for the first time by analytical asymptotic methods. The problem is solved in an approximation quadratic in amplitude of the initial deformation of the equilibrium shape of the drop and in eccentricity of its equilibrium spheroidal deformation. Compared with the case of nonlinear oscillations of charged drops in the absence of the field, the curvature of the vertices of uncharged drops nonlinearly oscillating in the field is noticeably higher, whereas the number of resonant situations (in the sense of internal resonant interaction of modes) is much smaller.     

Study on Deformation and Shape Coexistence for 188Pb

The deformation and shape coexistence in ¹⁸⁸Pb have been investigated in terms of the Projected Shell Model. Comparing the experimental data with the calculated results, it is shown that three shape configurations of sphere (Z=82 shell closure), oblate (two particle-two hole in proton h_9/2 orbital) and prolate (multi-particle-hole)coexist each other in the low-lying excited states and the prolate band exhibits a mixture between two kinds of multi-particle-hole configurations, which means that the neutron i_13/2 alignment happens gradually in this case. The mixing is discussed and the mixing coefficients are given. The oblate band structure is predicted and the 2⁺ prolate state is estimated to be in the energy range of 804—80keV.     

Suppression of large edge-localized modes in high-confinement DIII-D plasmas with a stochastic magnetic boundary

A stochastic magnetic boundary, produced by an applied edge resonant magnetic perturbation, is used to suppress most large edge-localized modes (ELMs) in high confinement (H-mode) plasmas. The resulting H mode displays rapid, small oscillations with a bursty character modulated by a coherent 130 Hz envelope. The H mode transport barrier and core confinement are unaffected by the stochastic boundary, despite a threefold drop in the toroidal rotation. These results demonstrate that stochastic boundaries are compatible with H modes and may be attractive for ELM control in next-step fusion tokamaks.     

Electrical Characterization of Copper Phthalocyanine Thin-Film Transistors with Fluoride Gate Insulator

Different fluoride materlals are used as gate dielectrics to fabricate copper phthalocyanine （CuPc） thin film transistors （OTFTs）. The fabricated devices exhibit good electrical characteristics and the mobility is found to be dependent on the gate voltage from 10^-3 to 10^-1 cm^2V^-1 s^-1. The observed noticeable electron injection at the drain electrode is of great significance in achieving ambipolar OTFTs, The same method for formation of organic semiconductors and gate dielectric films greatly simplifies the fabrication process. This provides a convenient way to produce high-performance OTFTs on a large scale and should be useful for integration in organic displays.     

Inner Shell Excitations of Lithium Studied by Fast Electron Impact

Electron energy loss spectra for the inner shell excitations of atomic lithium are measured at an incident electron energy of 2500eV and scattering angles of 0^o, 2^o, 4^o and 6^o. Two optically forbidden transitions of （ls2s^2）^2S and （ ls2s ^3 S）3s^2 S are observed. The generalized oscillator strength ratios for ls（2s2p^3 P）2 P^0 to 1s（ 2s2p^1 P）2 P^0 were determined, and they are independent of the momentum transfer.     

Fishbone-like instability in a looped-tube thermoacoustic engine

Quasi-periodic bursts of acoustic oscillations were observed during the start-up process in a looped-tube thermoacoustic engine. The acoustic oscillations have a constant frequency of 111 Hz, while the bursts have "quasi-periods" in the order of 14-25 s. The quasi-periodic bursts show a new mode of amplitude growth in this thermoacoustic engine. The envelope of the acoustic oscillations has a fishbone-like shape. The nature of the observed fishbone-like instabilities suggests a strong interaction between the acoustic and temperature field.     

Electron motion in a Holstein molecular chain in an electric field

A charge motion in an electric field in a Holstein molecular chain is modeled in the absence of dissipation. It is shown that in a weak electric field a Holstein polaron moves uniformly experiencing small oscillations of its shape. These oscillations are associated with the chain’s discreteness and caused by the presence of Peierls-Nabarro potential there. The critical value of the electric field intensity at which the moving polaron starts oscillating at Bloch frequency is found. It is shown that the polaron can demonstrate Bloch oscillations retaining its shape. It is also shown that a breathing mode of Bloch oscillations can arise. In all cases the polaron motion along the chain is infinite.     

Relativistic Energies and Auger Widths of High-Lying Doubly-Excited States 1s^23lnl′ ^1De in Be-Like O^4＋ Ions

The saddle-point variational method and restricted variational method are used to calculate energies of doublyexcited singlet states 1s^23lnl′ （n =3-.） ^1 De in Be-like O^4＋ ions, including the mass polarization and relativistic corrections. The saddle-point complex-rotation method is used to compute the Auger widths and Auger transition rates. These results are compared with other theoretical and experimental data in the literature.     

Bursting Ca2+ Oscillations and Synchronization in Coupled Cells

A mathematical model proposed by Grubelnk et al. [Biophys. Chem. 94 （2001） 59] is employed to study the physiological role of mitochondria and the cytosolic proteins in generating complex Ca^2＋ oscillations, lntracellulax bursting calcium oscillations of point-point, point-cycle and two-folded limit cycle types are observed and explanations are given based on the fast/slow dynamical analysis, especially for point-cycle and two-folded limit cycle types, which have not been reported before. Furthermore, synchronization of coupled bursters of Ca^2＋ oscillations via gap junctions and the effect of bursting types on synchronization of coupled cells are studied. It is argued that bursting oscillations of point-point type may be superior to achieve synchronization than that of point cycle type.     

Performance of Organic Field Effect Transistors with Self-Improved Cu/Organic Interfaces

We fabricate pentacene-based organic field effect transistors （OFETs） with Cu as source and drain （S-D） electrodes. The fabricated devices stored for ten hours under ambient atmospheric conditions exhibit superior performance compared with the as-prepared devices. The field-effect mobility increases from 0. 012 to 0.03 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1, and the threshold voltage downshifts from -14 to -9 V. The on/off current ratios are close to the order of 10^4. The improved performance of the stored devices is attributed to the formation of thin Cu oxide at the Cu electrodes/organic interfaces. These results suggest a simple and available way to optimize device properties and to reduce fabrication cost for OFETs.     

Electromagnetic radiation due to nonlinear oscillations of a charged drop

The nonlinear oscillations of a spherical charged drop are asymptotically analyzed under the conditions of a multimode initial deformation of its equilibrium shape. It is found that if the spectrum of initially excited modes contains two adjacent modes, the translation mode of oscillations is excited among others. In this case, the center of the drop’s charge oscillates about the equilibrium position, generating a dipole electromagnetic radiation. It is shown that the intensity of this radiation is many orders of magnitude higher than the intensity of the drop’s radiation, which arises in calculations of the first order of smallness and is related to the drop’s charged surface oscillations.