The influence of the “hot”-dimer adsorption mechanism on the kinetics of a monomer-dimer surface reaction

Hot dimers are molecules which after adsorption dissociate and each of the remaining hot monomers fly apart up to a maximum distance R from the original adsorption site. The influence of the hot-dimer adsorption mechanism on relevant aspects of the bimolecular catalyzed reaction of the type A – (1/2)B ₂(hot) AB is studied by means of the Monte-Carlo simulation technique. The temporal evolution of both the reactant's coverages as well as the rate of AB-production is evaluated and discussed. Due to the enhanced probability of hot species for encounters with other adsorbed particles, the rate of AB-production becomes faster when increasing R. This behavior may be relevant in the dynamic of some catalyzed reactions such as for example the oxidation of carbon monoxide on transition metal surfaces, i.e. ACO, B ₂O₂, and ABCO₂. Also the sticking coefficient of hot dimers and the average distance traveled by the hot monomers are evaluated and discussed.     

Der Einfluss der Beimengungen von Elementen der II. Gruppe auf die Thermolumineszenz von durch Kupfer und Silber aktivierten Natriumchlorid-kristallen

Zusammenfassung Der Artikel fa\t die Versuchsergebnisse über den Einflu\ von Beimengungen der II. Gruppe auf die spektrale Zusammensetzung der Thermolumineszenz von durch Kupfer oder Silber aktivierten Natriumchlorid-Kristallen zusammen. Ferner werden die VerÄnderungen angeführt, die in der spektralen Zusammensetzung dieser Lumineszenz als Folgeerscheinung einer Temperung der untersuchten Kristalle eintreten.

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Ich danke Dr. A. Bohun für das Interesse, das er dieser Arbeit entgegengebracht hat, und für die wertvollen Diskussionen, in denen er ihre Richtung beeinflu\te.     

Subthreshold φ-meson production and medium effects in proton-nucleus reactions

Within the spectral function approach we study the direct production and decay via the dikaon (dimuon) channel of -mesons in the interactions of 2.4 and 2.7GeV protons with light and medium target nuclei. It is shown that the K⁺K^- ( ^+-) invariant-mass distribution consists of the two components which correspond to the decay outside and inside the target nucleus. The first (narrow) component has the free width, while the second (broad) component is distorted by the nuclear matter due to resonance-nucleon scattering and a possible in-medium modification of the kaons and -meson at finite baryon density. The relative strength of the inside and outside components is analyzed in different scenarios for the width and momentum cut. It is demonstrated that the width of the resulting dimuon invariant-mass distribution on medium nuclei is larger than the free width by a factor of about two if the total in-medium width is used and the respective cutoff for the three-momentum is applied, whereas the resulting dikaon invariant-mass distribution has an insignificant sensitivity to the in-medium properties due to the strong absorption of the K^- in the surrounding nuclear matter. On the other hand, because of the distortion of the K⁺ and K^- on their way out the target nucleus mainly due to the hadronic kaon potentials, the latter distribution is broadened and shifted to higher invariant masses, which means that the measurement of such broadening would give additional evidence for the modification of the kaon and antikaon properties in the nuclear medium.     

Study ofA+A→0 with probability of reaction and diffusion in one dimension and in fractal substrata

We present Monte Carlo simulations of annihilation reactionA+A0 in one dimensional lattice and in three different fractal substrata. In the model, the particles diffuse independently and when two of them attempt to occupy the same substratum site, they react with a probabilityp. For different kinds of initial distributions and in the short an intermediate time regimes, the results for 0<p1 show that the density ofA particles approximately behaves as (t)=(t=0)f(t/t ₀), with the scaling functionf(x)1 forx1,f(x)x ^–y forx1. The crossover timet ₀, behaves ast _{0 0eff} ^–1y where theeffective initial density _0eff depends on (t=0) and on the kind of initial distribution. For a given substratum of spreading dimensiond _s, the exponenty(d _s/2<y<1) depends only onp and its value increases asp decreases (y1 whenp0). In the very long time regime it is expected thatp(t)t ^–ds/2 independently ofp.     

Radiation of relativistic electrons in a magnetic undulator

Expressions are obtained for the spectral-angular characteristics of the radiation in two limiting cases: 1 and 1 ( is the angle of deflection of the electron in the field, and is the energy of the electron in units of mc²). It is shown that in the latter case the maximum of the radiation occurs at higher harmonics.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 88–91, October, 1973.In conclusion the authors thank Professor A. A. Sokolov for useful discussions.     

Measurement of electrical conductivity of low-temperature alkali plasma by weak probing signals

A method for measuring the real component of the electrical conductivity in a plasma diode is described. The phase — sensitive detection enables to use extremely low probing signal down to 10 V.     

More inequalities for critical exponents

A variety of rigorous inequalities for critical exponents is proved. Most notable is the low-temperature Josephson inequalitydv +2 2–. Others are 1 1 +v, 1 1 , 1,d 1 + 1/ (for d),dv, ₃ + (for d), ₄ , and _{2m 2m+2} (form 2). The hypotheses vary; all inequalities are true for the spin-1/2 Ising model with nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic pair interactions.NSF Predoctoral Fellow (1976–1979). Research supported in part by NSF Grant PHY 78-23952.     

Angular distribution of the soft component of radiation from relativistic electrons near planar orientation in thick single crystals

The Tomsk synchrotron has been used to carry out an experimental study of the soft component (30 MeV) of the radiation from relativistic electrons in diamond, silicon, and tungsten single crystals. It is shown that a component of the radiation associated with channeling emission from electrons trapped inside the crystal can be distinguished because of angular selection. It is found that the linear density of the radiation from the electrons which must be trapped in planar channeling inside the crystal because of multiple scattering is substantially reduced in comparison with the linear density of the radiation from electrons trapped in this regime in the surface layer of the crystal. It is shown that the quasirefraction of an electron beam by the planar potential in thick single crystals leads to effective reflection of electrons.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 70–80, June, 1991.     

Nonlinear absorption measurements in proustite (Ag3AsS3) and CdSe

Nonlinear absorption has been observed in proustite at 694 nm; however at 1.06m, in contrast to previous results, no nonlinear absorption could be detected at intensities up to the damage threshold. Measurements on CdSe at 1.06m and 1.32m show that the nonlinear absorption mechanism is two photon absorption followed by absorption by the photo-induced carriers. The implications of this for nonlinear mixing applications are discussed.     

Central decomposition of invariant states applications to the groups of time translations and of euclidean transformations in algebraic field theory

With aC*-algebra with unit andgG _g a homomorphic map of a groupG into the automorphism group ofG, the central measure of a state of is invariant under the action ofG (in the state space of ) iff is -invariant. Furthermore if the pair { ,G} is asymptotically abelian, is ergodic iff is ergodic. Transitive ergodic states (corresponding to transitive central measures) are centrally decomposed into primary states whose isotropy groups form a conjugacy class of subgroups. IfG is locally compact and acts continuously on , the associated covariant representations of { , } are those induced by such subgroups. Transitive states under time-translations must be primary if required to be stable. The last section offers a complete classification of the isotropy groups of the primary states occurring in the central decomposition of euclidean transitive ergodic invariant states.