Development of the geometry database for the CBM experiment

The paper describes the current state of the Geometry Database (Geometry DB) for the CBM experiment. The main purpose of this database is to provide convenient tools for: (1) managing the geometry modules; (2) assembling various versions of the CBM setup as a combination of geometry modules and additional files. The CBM users of the Geometry DB may use both GUI (Graphical User Interface) and API (Application Programming Interface) tools for working with it.     

Rational Solutions for the Fokas System

Fokas system is the simplest (2+1)-dimensional extension of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (Eq. (2), Inverse Problems 10 (1994) L19-L22). By using the bilinear transformation method, general rational solutions for the Fokas system are given explicitly in terms of two order-N determinants τn (n = 0, 1) whose elements m_i,j⁽ⁿ⁾ (n = 0, 1; 1 ≤ i, j ≤ N) are involved with order-n_i and order-n_j derivatives. When N = 1, three kinds of rational solution, i.e., fundamental lump and fundamental rogue wave (RW) with n₁ = 1, and higher-order rational solution with n₁ ≥ 2, are illustrated by explicit formulas from τn (n = 0, 1) and pictures. The fundamental RW is a line RW possessing a line profile on (x, y)-plane, which arises from a constant background with at t << 0 and then disappears into the constant background gradually at t >> 0. The fundamental lump is a traveling wave, which can preserve its profile during the propagation on (x, y)-plane. When N ≥ 2 and n₁ = n₂ = ··· = n_N = 1, several specific multi-rational solutions are given graphically.     

GeSbTe deposition for the PRAM application

GeSbTe (GST) chalcogenide thin films for the phase-change random access memory (PRAM) were deposited by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. New precursors for GST thin films made with an ALD process were synthesized. Among the synthesized precursors, Ge(N(CH₃)₂)₄, Sb(N(CH₃)₂)₄, and Te(i-Pr)₂ (i-Pr = iso-propyl) were selected. Using the above precursors, GST thin films were deposited using an H₂ plasma-assisted ALD process. Film resistivity abruptly changed after an N₂ annealing process above a temperature of 350 °C. Cross-sectional scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs of the GST films on the patterned substrate with aspect ratio of 7 shows that the step coverage is about 90%.     

Research program for the nuclotron

Information is given about experiments at the accelerator complex of the Laboratory of High Energies (LHE) at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Dubna) and about projects for this facility. The projects were developed by collaborations, groups, and divisions of the LHE, as well as of other JINR laboratories and of institutes from the countries that are JINR members and from some other countries.     

Requirements for the multimedia era

This article presents a rapid overview of the expected performance of the next generation of digital VLSI circuits designed for communications. This forecast is based on the now well accepted international (SIA) roadmap for silicon with continuously improving performance up to the 0.05 μ m generation (even the 0.03 μ m generation). The enormous processing capacity that will be feasible on one square (cm ² ) of silicon is presented, which will itself impose a new vision of chip architecture so as to take maximum advantage of this processing performance. In the years to come designers will have to face the challenge of managing the hardware-software ubiquity of the next VLSI generation. System-on-Chip (SoC) will lead to the hardware and software developments and to `things that think', the ultimate production of complex, `intelligent', and autonomous systems communicating anywhere, anytime.     

Search for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the neutral kaon

The Fermilab KTeV experiment has searched for lepton-flavor-violating decays of the K(L) meson in three decay modes. We observe no events in the signal region for any of the modes studied, and we set the following upper limits for their branching ratios at the 90% C.L.: BR(K(L) --> pi(0) micro(+/-) e(-/+)) <7.6 x 10(-11); BR(K(L) --> pi(0)pi(0) micro(+/-) e(-/+)) <1.7 x 10(-10); BR(pi(0) --> micro(+/-) e(-/+)) <3.6 x 10(-10). This result represents a factor of 82 improvement in the branching ratio limit for K(L) --> pi(0) micro(+/-) e(-/+) and is the first reported limit for K(L) --> pi(0)pi(0) micro(+/-) e(-/+).     

Acoustic emission technique for monitoring the pyrolysis of composites for process control

Carbonization is the first step in the heat and pressure treatment (pyrolysis) of composites in preparing carbon-carbon parts. These find many uses, including aircraft brakes, rocket nozzles and medical implants. This paper describes the acoustic emissions (AE) from various stages of the manufacturing process of carbon-carbon composites. This process involves carbonization at a high temperature and this results in both thermal expansion and volume change (due to pyrolysis in which a sacrificial polymer matrix is converted to carbon). Importantly the resultant matrix is porous and has a network of small intra-lamina cracks. The formation of these microcracks produces AE and this paper describes how this observation can be used to monitor (and eventually control) the manufacturing process. The aim is to speed up manufacture, which is currently time-consuming. The first section of the paper describes the design of unimodal waveguides to enable the AE to propagate to a cool environment where a transducer can be located. The second part of the paper describes various experimental observations of AE under a range of process conditions. In particular, this paper presents a technique based on detecting acoustic emissions and (1) uses wire waveguides to monitor parts within the autoclave to 800 degrees C, (2) monitors microcracking during pyrolysis, (3) uses a four-level threshold to distinguish between low- and high-amplitude cracking events, (4) recognizes the occurrence of harmful delaminations, and (5) guides the control of the heating rate for optimum efficiency of the pyrolysis process. In addition, supporting data are presented of in situ measurements of porosity, weight loss, cross-ply shrinkage, and mass spectroscopy of gases emitted. The process evolution is illustrated by the use of interrupted manufacturing cycle micrographs obtained by optical, scanning acoustic (SAM) and scanning electron (SEM) microscopy. The technique promotes in-process monitoring and control but also contributes to current understanding of pyrolysis.     

Theory for the 2p-shell sxaps for the 3d-transition metals

The 2p-shell Soft X-Ray Appearance Potential Spectra (SXAPS) of the 3d-transition metals have been described as a scattering process whereby both the impinging and the 2p-core electrons go into the empty conduction band states above the Fermi level (E_F) of the metals. It is shown that the resonant contribution to the ordinary bremsstrahlung emission process can be of comparable importance to the usual characteristic one.     

Front solutions for the Ginzburg-Landau equation

We prove the existence of front solutions for the Ginzburg-Landau equation $$\partial _t u(x,t) = \partial _x^2 u(x,t) + (1 - |u(x,t)|^2 )u(x,t)$$ , interpolating between two stationary solutions of the form \(u(x) = \sqrt {1 - q^2 } e^{iqx}\) with different values ofq atx=±∞. Such fronts are shown to exist when at least one of theq is in the Eckhaus-unstable domain.     

Effective-potential model for the self-interacting gluon gas

The thermodynamic behaviour of a pure gluon-plasma is investigated within the context of an effective-interaction model and the relativistic Landau theory of quantum liquids. Agreement is sought withSU (2) andSU (3) lattice computer simulations and asymptotic perturbation theory. For bothSU (2) andSU (3) the available data are fitted rather well by a logarithmically screened Coulomb potential. The difference in critical behaviour ofSU (2) andSU (3) can also be modelled. Contact is made with the Bare Bones bag model, yielding a bag pressure ofB ^1/4≈200 MeV.     

On the Spectra of the Kink for Ferromagnetic XXZ Models

We consider the kink (infinite volume nontranslationally invariant ground states) of the ferromagnetic XXZ models on the multi-dimensional lattices. We obtained the following results: (i) The pure states satisfying the local zero energy condition are necessarily product states. (ii) The Hamiltonian in the GNS representation of the kink has no gap between the ground-state eigenvalue and the rest of the spectra.     

Hugoniot data for helium in the ionization regime

Hugoniot data were obtained for fluid He in the 100 GPa pressure range by shock compression of samples statically precompressed in diamond-anvil cells. The initial (precompressed) He density (rho_(1)) for each experiment was tuned to a value between rho_(0L) or =3rho_{0L} (i.e., rho/rho_(0L)> or =12). Data show an increase in compressibility at the onset of ionization, similar to theoretical predictions.     

2CALIS doubling the sensitivity of CALIS for calibration of the rf field strength for indirectly observed nuclei

A new set of pulse sequences, 2CALIS, that exhibit double sensitivity of the recent CALIS pulse sequences for accurate calibration of the rf field strength for an indirectly observed spin is introduced. The sensitivity gain is a result of not forming heteronuclear coherence transfer gradient echoes although they are excellent for artifact suppression. It is, however, demonstrated that the scheme in 2CALIS for suppression of non (13)C-attached proton magnetization is adequate for calibration of the (13)C rf field strength even on natural abundance samples. A 2CALIS version with Watergate applicable to biomolecules in aqueous solution is also presented and demonstrated both in (13)C natural abundance and on a (13)C, (15)N enriched protein sample.     

Silver halide single-mode strip waveguides for the mid-infrared

We report the demonstration of single-mode AgCl(x)Br(1-x) strip waveguides for the mid-infrared (MIR). The waveguides were made by the deposition of AgCl(x)Br(1-x) layers on top of a Si-SiO(2) substrate, followed by photolithographic and lift-off processing. The propagation losses of 20 dB/cm were measured at λ=10.6 μm using the cut-back method. The development of these waveguides is a crucial step toward realizing AgCl(x)Br(1-x) MIR integrated optical circuits, which would be used for applications such as chemical sensing and stellar interferometry.     

Light-Ion Linear Accelerator for the NICA Project

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters - A joint team from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) (Dubna, Russia) and Bevatech GmbH (Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) has been developing a new...     

Differential sum rule for the relaxation rate in the cuprates

Motivated by recent experiments by Basov et al., we study the differential sum rule for the effective scattering rate 1/tau(omega). We show that, in a dirty BCS superconductor, the area under 1/tau(omega) does not change between the normal and the superconducting states. For magnetically mediated pairing, a similar result holds between Tor=T(c), while, in the pseudogap phase, 1/tau(omega) is just suppressed compared to 1/tau(omega) in the normal state. We argue that this violation of the differential sum rule in the pseudogap phase is due to the absence of the feedback effects from the pairing.     

Long-Time Asymptotics for the Nonlocal MKdV Equation

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem with decaying initial data for the nonlocal modified Korteweg-de Vries equation(nonlocal mKdV) qt(x, t)+qxxx(x, t)-6 q(x, t)q(-x,-t)qx(x, t) = 0, which can be viewed as a generalization of the local classical mKdV equation. We first formulate the Riemann-Hilbert problem associated with the Cauchy problem of the nonlocal mKdV equation. Then we apply the Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest-descent method to analyze the long-time asymptotics for the solution of the nonlocal m KdV equation. In contrast with the classical mKdV equation,we find some new and different results on long-time asymptotics for the nonlocal mKdV equation and some additional assumptions about the scattering data are made in our main results.     

Undulators for the PSI Light Sources

The Swiss Light Source (SLS) at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) started user operation in 2001. It has been the first medium energy light source to rely on undulators for the production of X-rays up to 20 keV. For soft X-rays, APPLE II-type undulators, providing full polarization control and quasiperiodic electromagnetic undulators, have been installed. The hard X-ray range has been accessed by the newly developed small-gap, short-period, in-vacuum undulators operated on high harmonics. Based on this, FEMTO, the first hard X-ray undulator source for femtosecond (fs) experiments, started operation in 2006.     

Relativistic and QED corrections for the beryllium atom

Complete relativistic and quantum electrodynamics corrections of order alpha(2) Ry and alpha(3) Ry are calculated for the ground state of the beryllium atom and its positive ion. A basis set of correlated Gaussian functions is used, with exponents optimized against nonrelativistic binding energies. The results for Bethe logarithms ln(k(0)(Be)=5.750 34(3) and ln(k(0)(Be+)=5.751 67(3) demonstrate the availability of high precision theoretical predictions for energy levels of the beryllium atom and light ions. Our recommended value of the ionization potential 75 192.514(80) cm(-1) agrees with equally accurate available experimental values.     

On the characteristics-based ACM for incompressible flows

In this paper, the revised characteristics-based (CB) method for incompressible flows recently derived by Neofytou [P. Neofytou, Revision of the characteristic-based scheme for incompressible flows, J. Comput. Phys. 222 (2007) 475–484] has been further investigated. We have derived all the formulas for pressure and velocities from this revised CB method, which is based on the artificial compressibility method (ACM) [A.J. Chorin, A numerical solution for solving incompressible viscous flow problems, J. Comput. Phys. 2 (1967) 12]. Then we analyze the formulations of the original CB method [D. Drikakis, P.A. Govatsos, D.E. Papatonis, A characteristic based method for incompressible flows, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids 19 (1994) 667–685; E. Shapiro, D. Drikakis, Non-conservative and conservative formulations of characteristics numerical reconstructions for incompressible flows, Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng. 66 (2006) 1466–1482; D. Drikakis, P.K. Smolarkiewicz, On spurious vortical structures, J. Comput. Phys. 172 (2001) 309–325; F. Mallinger, D. Drikakis, Instability in three-dimensional, unsteady stenotic flows, Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 23 (2002) 657–663; E. Shapiro, D. Drikakis, Artificial compressibility, characteristics-based schemes for variable density, incompressible, multi-species flows. Parts I. Derivation of different formulations and constant density limit, J. Comput. Phys. 210 (2005) 584–607; Y. Zhao, B. Zhang, A high-order characteristics upwind FV method for incompressible flow and heat transfer simulation on unstructured grids, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 190 (5–7) (2000) 733–756] to investigate their consistency with the governing flow equations after convergence has been achieved. Furthermore we have implemented both formulations in an unstructured-grid finite volume solver [Y. Zhao, B. Zhang, A high-order characteristics upwind FV method for incompressible flow and heat transfer simulation on unstructured grids, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. 190 (5–7) (2000) 733–756]. Detailed numerical experiments show that both methods give almost identical solutions and convergence rates. Both can generate solutions which agree well with published results and experimental measurements. We thus conclude that both methods, being upwind schemes designed for the ACM, have the same performances in terms of accuracy and convergence speed, even though the revised method is more complex with less stringent assumptions made, while the original CB method is simpler due to the use of extra simplifying assumptions.