End-to-end correlation for a C-12 hydrocarbon chain

The 19F nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate constants were measured as a function of magnetic field strength for 1,12-diaminododecane labeled at one end with a nitroxide radical and at the other with a trifluoromethyl group. The magnetic relaxation dispersion profile (MRD) reports the spectral density function appropriate to the end-to-end correlation function for the doubly labeled molecule. After extrapolation to zero concentration to eliminate the intermolecular relaxation contribution to relaxation, the resulting intramolecular MRD profile was compared with several model approaches. The rotational model for the spectral density functions as included in the Solomon-Bloembergen-Morgan equations does not describe the data well. The earlier model of Freed for nuclear spin relaxation induced by a freely diffusing paramagnetic co-solute is not rigorous for this case because the paramagnet is tethered to the observed nuclear spin and only a restricted space in the immediate vicinity of the nuclear spin is accessible for pseudo-translational diffusion of one end of the molecule with respect to the other. A generalization of the Torrey model for magnetic relaxation by translational diffusion developed by Nevzorov and Freed, which includes the effect of restrictions imposed by the finite length of the chain, describes the experiment within experimental errors. A simple modification of the Hwang-Freed model that does not specifically include the dynamical effects of the finite tether also provides a good approximation to the data when the tether chain is sufficiently long.     

Auditory correlates of perceived mallet hardness for a set of recorded percussive sound events

A psychophysical investigation of timbre was undertaken with the intent of deriving quantitative results that could be useful in musical applications. Recordings of metal objects being struck with percussion mallets were rated by subjects on a unidimensional perceptual scale of perceived mallet hardness. Four acoustical parameters of the attack portion (first 325 ms) were defined and evaluated as predictors of perceived mallet hardness rating. To measure these parameters, a critical-band filter bank was employed. Two curves were extracted from the filter-bank output: (1) spectral level (log of area under spectrum) over time, and (2) spectral centroid over time. For each curve, two parameters were measured: the mean and the slope of the spectral level curve, and the mean and the time-weighted average of the spectral centroid curve. Multiple regression analysis was used to relate the perceptual ratings to these four acoustical parameters, and a good fit was achieved (multiple R-squared = 0.725, F = 1135.8, p less than 0.01). The resulting function is suitable for quantitatively predicting the perceptual dimension of perceived mallet hardness.     

The Uncertainty of Fluxes

In the ordinary quantum Maxwell theory of a free electromagnetic field, formulated on a curved 3-manifold, we observe that magnetic and electric fluxes cannot be simultaneously measured. This uncertainty principle reflects torsion: fluxes modulo torsion can be simultaneously measured. We also develop the Hamilton theory of self-dual fields, noting that they are quantized by Pontrjagin self-dual cohomology theories and that the quantum Hilbert space is -graded, so typically contains both bosonic and fermionic states. Significantly, these ideas apply to the Ramond-Ramond field in string theory, showing that its K-theory class cannot be measured.     

蒙药新-Ⅱ中微量硒的测定

采用硒 -硫氰酸钾 -罗丹明 B-明胶 - OP体系分光光度法测定蒙药新 - 中微量硒。其含量为 6 .6—7.3μg· g-1 ,回收率为 94 %— 95 %。     

79Kr高自旋超形变的观测

通过５５Ｍｎ（３０Ｓｉ,αｐｎ）反应布居了７９Ｋｒ的高自旋态．用ＧＡＳＰ阵列配以由４０个ΔＥ×ＥＳｉ（Ａｕ）望远镜所组成的带电粒子球实现γγγ－带电粒子符合测量．观测到由相对强度为（２．７±０．３）％的８条级联γ跃迁所组成的７９Ｋｒ高自旋超形变转动带．除了在转动频率ω＞０．９５ＭｅＶ处急剧下降外,该带的动力学转动惯量近乎常数（22ñ2／ＭｅＶ）并被解释为具有四极形变参数β２＝０．５１以及本征侵入组态为π５０ν５１． High-spinstates in 79Kr were populated via the fusion evaporation reaction 55Mn (30Si,αpn)at 130 MeV.Promptγ γγ charged particle coincidences were measured by using the GASP array in conjunction with the ΔE×E Si(Au) charged particle ball.Asu perdeformed band consisting of 8 γ ray transitions with an intensity of (2.7±0.3)% has been indentified in 79Kr.The dynamic moment of inertia for the band is nearly constant at approxately 22ñ2/MeV below arotational frequency of 0.95 MeV...     

Calculation of Double-Quantum-Coherence Two-dimensional Spectra: Distance Measurements and Orientational Correlations

The double-quantum-coherence (DQC) echo signal for two coupled nitroxides separated by distances ?10 Å, is calculated rigorously for the six-pulse sequence. Successive application of six pulses on the initial density matrix, with appropriate inter-pulse time evolution and coherence pathway selection leaves only the coherent pathways of interest. The amplitude of the echo signal following the last π pulse can be used to obtain a one-dimensional (1D) dipolar spectrum (Pake doublet), and the echo envelope can be used to construct the 2D DQC spectrum. The calculations are carried out using the product space spanned by the two electron-spin magnetic quantum numbers m ₁, m ₂ and the two nuclear-spin magnetic quantum numbers M ₁, M ₂, describing, e.g. two coupled nitroxides in bilabeled proteins. The density matrix is subjected to a cascade of unitary transformations taking into account dipolar and electron exchange interactions during each pulse and during the evolution in the absence of a pulse. The unitary transformations use the eigensystem of the effective spin Hamiltonians obtained by numerical matrix diagonalization. Simulations are carried out for a range of dipolar interactions, D, and microwave magnetic field strength B ₁ for both fixed and random orientations of the two ¹⁴N (and ¹⁵N) nitroxides. Relaxation effects were not included. Several examples of 1D and 2D Fourier transforms of the time-domain signals versus dipolar evolution and spin-echo envelope time variables are shown for illustration. Comparisons are made between 1D rigorous simulations and analytical approximations. The rigorous simulations presented here provide insights into DQC electron spin resonance spectroscopy, they serve as a standard to evaluate the results of approximate theories, and they can be employed to plan future DQC experiments.     

Quasioptical hardware for a flexible FIR-EPR spectrometer

In this paper we present and summarize recent accomplishments of the Freed High Field Electron Paramagnetic Resonance group. In particular, we discuss the application of quasioptical design techniques to instrumentation problems in the far-infrared. We stress that there is no “universal spectrometer” or “universal resonator”. Rather, we demonstrate with a variety of examples from the liquid and solid state that the spectrometer configuration and the resonator used should be optimized for the experiment at hand in order to achieve the ultimate in sensitivity. Quasioptical techniques and methods of analysis offer a unified framework to analyze the expected performance of a proposed spectrometer design, as well as suggest the important control parameters for optimizing the sensitivity of a given experiment as we show in the text. The flexibility of quasioptical methods will also be demonstrated with a variety of resonator designs and sample configurations.     

Solution of large configuration mixing matrices arising in partitioning technique and applications to the generalized eigenvalue problem

A method is presented that can be used (a) to determine the several lowest eigenvalues and eigenvectors of large symmetric matrices, (b) to solve the generalized eigenvalue problem associated with energy-dependent operators, that arises in computations involving energy-dependent many-body Green's functions and in the evaluation of the true parameters of the effective valence shell hamiltonian, and (c) to directly evaluate the matrices associated with resolvent operators. The applicability to large configuration mixing calculations arises when the N-electron basis functions can be easily broken down to a few dominant configurations (the primary block) and their complement. Using the partitioning technique, the effective hamiltonian within the primary block is directly evaluated. The method is extended to evaluation of the dynamical polarizability tensor, which effectively contains the contributions from all of the eigenstates of a hamiltonian matrix, without the necessity of explicitly calculating its eigenvalues and eigenvectors.     

RADICAUX LIBRES INDUITS PAR L''ACTION DU RAYONNEMENT ULTRAVIOLET SUR CERTAINS CONSTITUANTS DE L''ACIDE DEOXYRIBONUCLEIQUE

The action of ultra violet rays of 260 nm on aqueous solutions of bases, nucleosides and nucleotides of DNA at 77°K is studied by electron spin resonance. It is shown that the free radicals observed are similar, with a few noteworthy exceptions to those induced by X-rays, under the same conditions of temperature, in the solid state. Contrary to what might be excepted on the basis of the results obtained by X-rays, the variation in the yield in paramagnetic centres in each sequence studied does not seem to be important.