Scattering of light by deformed disordered spherulites

The change in the light-scattering patterns upon deforming two-dimensional disordered spherulites is shown to arise from four effects occurring upon stretching: (1) the change in shape of the spherulite, (2) the change in average orientation of the optic axes of the scattering volume elements, (3) the change in deviation of the optic axis orientation angle from its average value, and (4) the change in the distance over which this deviation is correlated. The effects of these contributions upon the experimental scattering patterns are analyzed.     

Gleichungen für die dynamische Viskosität und die Wärmeleitfähigkeit von reinem fluidem Wasser

Zusammenfassung Methoden zum Aufstellen von Gleichungen für die dynamische Viskosität und die Wärmeleitfähigkeit reiner fluider Stoffe werden angegeben und ihre Brauchbarkeit wird bei H₂O nachgewiesen. Es ergibt sich nur jeweils eine Gleichung für die Berechnung der Transportgrößen, die allerdings die Variablen Temperatur und Dichte anstelle von Temperatur und Druck enthält, dafür aber das ganze Gas- und Flüssigkeitsgebiet erfaßt. Es werden neue Erkenntnisse über die prinzipielle Abhängigkeit der Transportgrößen von Temperatur und Dichte gewonnen.

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Equations for the dynamic viscosity and the thermal conductivity of pure fluid water substance

Methods for formulating equations for the dynamic viscosity and the thermal conductivity of pure fluid substances are given; their applicability is proved for H₂O. It is found that only one equation is needed to calculate the transport properties, which has the variables temperature and density instead of temperature and pressure, but covers the whole gaseous and liquid region. New knowledge of the principal dependence of the transport properties on temperature and density is attained.

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Über dieses Thema wurde am 6. 10. 1969 auf dem Thermodynamik-Kolloquium des VDI in Zürich berichtet.     

Inelastic electron scattering from hydrogen at 50° and 60°

Inelastic electron scattering cross sections have been measured for four-momentum transfers between 4.1 GeV² and 30.5 GeV². At the large scattering angles of this experiment, the dominant contribution to the cross section comes from the W₁ structure function. In the conventional scaling variables, x and x′, this structure function does not exhibit scaling behavior, and at fixed x or x′ it is found to decrease with increasing four-momentum transfer.     

Two combinatorial covering theorems

A theorem in convex bodies (in fact, measure theory) and a theorem about translates of sets of integers are generalized to coverings by subsets of a finite set. These theorems are then related to quasigroups and (0, 1)-matrices.     

Light scattering from assemblies of spherulites

A general equation describing the small-angle H_v light-scattering intensity for a system of N undeformed spherulites located at random within the sample and taking into account the truncation and interference effects is given. Scattering contour plots or radial scans are reported for various arrangements of the N spherulites. The results show that the interference effect may explain the speckled appearance of the experimental patterns. Moreover, the interference and truncation effects (for the special cases where truncation is considered here) do not seem to shift the position of the maximum scattering angle of the cloverleaf pattern as calculated from the single spherulite theory. Finally, the calculations show that the truncation effect increases the relative intensity of the pattern at large and low scattering angles and at azimuthal angles 0 and 90°C, as compared with the intensity at the position of maximum scattering angle.     

Numerical studies on the anderson localization problem

The electron localization is studied for Anderson's tight-binding model with diagonal and off-diagonal disorder for a very large square lattice (10,000 sites) and diamond lattice (27,000 sites). The numerical investigations are based on the Lanczos recursion method. The convergence of the recursion coefficientsa _n ,b _n is discussed with regard to the electron localization.From Anderson's criterion and an exact real space renormalization method the energy of the localization edge is found as a function of the degree of disorder. Also the dependence of the spatial decay rate of localized wave functions on the energy and the degree of disorder is evaluated. Near the Anderson transition, where all states become localized, we get two critical exponentsv _E andv _W , which lead us to the tentative suggestion of multicritical scaling laws for this transition.     

Study of Anderson localization by a continued-fraction method

The electron localization is studied for Anderson's tight-binding model of a disordered two-dimensional square lattice. For a large system of 10⁴ sites the averaged squared modulus $\text{| G}{}_{00}\text{|}{}^2$ of the Green's function is evaluated by a continued-fraction method. From this quantity, following Anderson's criterion, the energy of the mobility edge is found as a function of the degree of disorder. Also the Anderson transition is recognized.