Enrico Fermi in Pisa

I discuss the early work of Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) as a student in Pisa at the Scuola Normale Superiore and at the University of Pisa (1918-1922), paying particular attention to the four papers he published during those years and to his licenza and doctoral theses.     

Multiple Coulomb excitation of a 70Ge beam and the interpretation of the 02 + state as a deformed intruder

Electromagnetic properties of the low-lying states in a ⁷⁰Ge nucleus were studied through the multiple Coulomb excitation of a ⁷⁰Ge beam with a ^natPb target. Relative γ-ray intensities were measured as a function of emission angle relative to the scattered projectile. Sixteen E2 matrix elements, including diagonal ones, for 6 low-lying states have been determined using the least-squares search code GOSIA. The expectation values 〈Q ²〉 of 0₁ ⁺ and 0₂ ⁺ states in ⁷⁰Ge are compared with those in ^{72, 74, 76}Ge. Simple mixing calculations indicate that the 0₂ ⁺ states in ⁷⁰Ge and ⁷²Se can be treated as deformed intruder states. It is shown that the deformed intruder becomes the ground state in ⁷⁴Kr. These interpretations of the 0₂ ⁺ states in this region are compared with the potential-energy surface calculations by the Nilsson-Strutinsky model, which allow to interpret the experimental results in a qualitative way from the theoretical point of view. Received: 2 September 2002 / Accepted: 5 November 2002 / Published online: 25 February 2003 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: sugawara@pf.it-chiba.ac.jp Communicated by D. Schwalm     

Quasinormal modes of a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by free static spherically symmetric quintessence: electromagnetic perturbations

In this paper, we evaluated the quasinormal modes of electromagnetic perturbation in a Schwarzschild black hole surrounded by the static spherically symmetric quintessence by using the third-order WKB approximation when the quintessential state parameter w _q in the range of −1/3 < w _q < 0. Due to the presence of quintessence, Maxwell field damps more slowly. And when at −1 < w _q < −1/3, it is similar to the black hole solution in the ds/Ads spacetime. The appropriate boundary conditions need to be modified.     

Tests of the final-state radiation model at DAFNE near <Emphasis Type="Italic">π</Emphasis><Superscript>+</Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">π</Emphasis><Superscript>-</Superscript> threshold

Effects due to the non-pointlike behaviour of pions in the process e ⁺ e ^-→π ⁺ π ^- γ can arise for hard photons in the final state. By means of a Monte Carlo event generator, which also includes the contribution of the direct decay φ→π ⁺ π ^- γ, we estimate these effects in the framework of the resonance perturbation theory. We consider angular cuts used in the KLOE analysis of the pion form factor at threshold. A method to reveal the effects of the non-pointlike behaviour of pions in a model-independent way is proposed.     

Calculation of the Effect on the Reflection of the Plane Electromagnetic Wave for Non-Magnetized Plasma with Different Electron Density Distributions

In this paper, shift operator finite-difference time-domain (SO-FDTD) method is applied for the calculation of the dispersive medium. The high efficiency and accuracy of this method is verified by calculating the reflection of the plane electromagnetic wave impinging on a non-magnetized plasma slab with different electron density distributions. The results show that the average electron density only determines overall trends of the reflection, and different distributions affect the oscillating process of the reflection. If the average electron density maintains the same, the distribution of electron density with homogenous or inhomogeneous alternation will sharply take effects on the reflection. And magnitude of alternation of electron density affects the incident frequency directly when the reflection tends to uniform.     

Gamma spectroscopy with RIBs from RISING to AGATA

Nuclear spectroscopy using radioactive isotope beams requires dedicated set-ups. State-of-the-art Ge arrays recently started to provide valuable γ spectroscopic data. At the SIS/FRS facility at GSI exotic beams at relativistic energies were employed for Coulomb excitation and secondary fragmentation experiments with the fast beam RISING set-up. Shell evolution far off stability, pn-pairing, symmetries and nuclear shapes were studied in nuclei ranging from ³⁶Ca to ¹³⁶Nd. The observation of a I = 27 ħ state demonstrated that high spin states can be reached in massive fragmentation reactions. This and the large sensitivity of relativistic in-beam experiments opens a rich ground for advanced nuclear structure studies. Combining RISING with AGATA γ-tracking detectors and improved particle detection is planned for future experimental investigations.     

3D FDTD Implementation for Scattering of Electric Anisotropic Dispersive Medium Using Recursive Convolution Method

The finite-difference time-domain method based on recursive convoltion method (RC-FDTD) for the electric anisotropic dispersive medium is discussed in detail. To exemplify the availability of the three-dimensional RC-FDTD algorithm, the backscattering Radar-Cross-Section(RCS) of a non-magnetized plasma sphere is computed, and the numerical results are the same as the one of the Shift Operater-FDTD method, and show that the RC-FDTD method is correct and efficient. In addition, the co-polarized and cross-polarized backscattering time-domain of a magnetized plasma sphere are obtained by the RC-FDTD algorithm. The results show that when the external magnetic field is implemented, the cross-polarized component appear, evidently.     

Multi-sensors SAR system for real-time dosimetry assessment

A multi-sensor test-bench for determining the SAR (specific absorption rate) due to wireless devices emitting in equivalent human tissues is presented. Real-time SAR assessment is proposed considering a spatially distributed multiprobe test-bench. In comparison with a multi-axial robot SAR system, the proposed one does not require any displacement, thus reducing drastically acquisition time, once parallel data acquisition and interpolation techniques are employed for accelerating measurements.     

ERROR ESTIMATES FOR THE TIME DISCRETIZATION FOR NONLINEAR MAXWELL＇S EQUATIONS

This paper is devoted to the study of a nonlinear evolution eddy current model of the type δtB（H） ＋ △↓× （ △↓ × H） =0 subject to homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions H × v = 0 and a given initial datum. Here, the magnetic properties of a soft ferromagnet are linked by a nonlinear material law described by B（H）. We apply the backward Euler method for the time discretization and we derive the error estimates in suitable function spaces. The results depend on the nonlinearity of B（H）.