Measurement of the neutrino mass splitting and flavor mixing by MINOS

Measurements of neutrino oscillations using the disappearance of muon neutrinos from the Fermilab NuMI neutrino beam as observed by the two MINOS detectors are reported. New analysis methods have been applied to an enlarged data sample from an exposure of 7.25×10(20) protons on target. A fit to neutrino oscillations yields values of |Δm(2)|=(2.32(-0.08)(+0.12))×10(-3) eV(2) for the atmospheric mass splitting and sin(2)(2θ)>0.90 (90% C.L.) for the mixing angle. Pure neutrino decay and quantum decoherence hypotheses are excluded at 7 and 9 standard deviations, respectively.     

Calixarene complexes with metal ions

Selected complexes of metal ions are presented showing their syntheses and possible applications, an attention was paid to their usefulness in chemosensors design and in the environmental protection.     

Effects of Multi Global Bifurcations on Basin Organization,Catastrophes and Final Outcomes in a Driven Nonlinear Oscillator at the 2T-Subharmonic Resonance

The behavior of the escape driven oscillator at the 2T-periodic subharmonic resonance is considered, and the mechanism of generating different fractal patterns of the basins of attraction of coexisting attractors, as well as its effects on the unpredictable asymptotic system behaviors, are the main points of interest. The analysis is based on the numerical study of the sudden qualitative changes of the structure of basin-phase portraits, the changes implied by multi global bifurcations. Attention is focused on two qualitatively different regions of control space: the region prior to the subcritical flip bifurcation, where all three attractors (2T-periodic, T-periodic and the attractor at infinity) coexist, and the region after the bifurcation, where only two attractors (2T-periodic and the attractor at infinity) coexist. In particular, the concept of the global (homoclinic and heteroclinic) bifurcations is extended to the latter region, where the arising flip saddle (instead of the direct saddle) is involved in the events. The possible forms of unpredictable outcomes, which arise in both regions of control parameters, are pointed out.     

Complete NMR spectral assignments of two lactucin-type sesquiterpene lactone glycosides from Picris conyzoides

Complete (1)H and (13)C NMR signal assignments of two lactucin-type sesquiterpene lactone glycosides, derivatives of 11β,13-dihydrolactucin, isolated from roots of Picris conyzoides, were achieved by one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments, allowing the correction of previously published data for cichorioside B and the structure elucidation of its new ester with 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid. In addition, seven known sesquiterpene lactones and three phenolic compounds were isolated from the plant material.     

Bioautography detection in thin-layer chromatography

Bioautography is a microbial detection method hyphenated with planar chromatography techniques. It is based mainly on antimicrobial or antifungal properties of analyzed substances. The review discusses three versions of bioautography, i.e. contact, immersion and direct bioautography. The more concern is given to the last one. Many applications are quoted, not only for testing various groups of compounds, but also for investigating biochemical processes and factors influencing bacterial growth. Additionally, related methods, which can be included into direct bioautography, are discussed. The most promising among them seems to be TLC-bioluminescence screening.     

Cyclization reactions of quaternary salts of azaaromatics

Cyclization reactions of quaternary salts of azaaromatics including inter- and intramolecular condensation as well as radical processes are described.Institute of Chemistry, Pedagogical University, Czestochowa, Poland. Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 23–40, January, 1997.     

Atomic number dependent non-local pseudopotentials

A new ab initio method is introduced for constructing accurate pseudopotentials. A new model is obtained with a simple and realistic analytical expression. This contains explicitly both important characteristics of the atomic observables, namely the regular dependence on the atomic number and the non-locality. The application to the Li-like ions of the first row is presented. The whole spectrum of energy eigenvalues is reproduced within 0.3% and HF wavefunctions within 0.5%.     

Mercury(II) dibromo-bis-(3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole): synthesis,crystal structure,and infrared characterization

The title compound C₄H₈N₈S₂HgBr₂ was prepared and characterized by means of X-ray crystallography, and i.r. measurements. The crystals are orthorhombic, space group Pbcn (no. 60) witha=9.707(2),b=8.609(1),c=16.128(2) Å, andZ=4. The compound exhibits discrete monometallic units with the 1,2,4-triazole molecule acting as a monodentate ligand. The structure consists of units in which the mercury atom is coordinated in a distorted tetrahedral geometry by two sulfur and two bromine atoms. The NH and NH₂ group of the 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole unit are involved in intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Infrared bands are diagnostic of the coordination environment around the metal atoms.