Measurement of the differential cross section and of the tensor and vector analyzing powers for the fragmentation of 4.5-GeV/c deuterons on beryllium in the reaction involving proton emission at an angle of 80 mrad

The invariant differential cross section, the tensor analyzing power A _yy , and the vector analyzing power A _y for the reaction ⁹Be(d, p)X are measured at an initial deuteron momentum of 4.5 GeV/c and a proton detection angle of about 80 mrad. The data obtained for the differential cross section are consistent with the results of measurements at 3.5 and 5.78 GeV/c and a proton emission angle of 2.5°. The values found for the tensor analyzing power A _yy are compared with similar data obtained previously for the deuteron-fragmentation process occurring on a carbon target at various values of the initial deuteron momentum and leading to proton emission at zero angle. The data on the differential cross section for the reaction ⁹Be(d, p)X can be satisfactorily described within the relativistic impulse approximation by using standard deuteron wave functions; however, the approach based on this conceptual framework proves to be inadequate in dealing with data on the tensor analyzing power. These results indicate that it is necessary either to change the method for describing the relativistic deuteron or to take into account additional mechanisms.     

Excitation of metal spectra in combined glow discharge

Consideration is given to the special features of the excitation of spectra of metals (Ag, Au, Fe, Hg, Pt, and Sb) that manifest themselves in investigating spectral sources with combined glow discharge (glow discharge and capillary discharge). It is established that the proposed method for introducing a substance into a plasma makes it possible to realize two fundamentally different regimes: without evaporation and with complete evaporation and matrix atomization. It is shown that a spectral source of combined glow discharge with a nonequilibrium plasma has significant advantages for the most important analytical characteristics over quasi-equilibrium combined discharge at atmospheric pressure. The gold and platinum sensitivity in combined glow discharge is 10⁻⁷%, and the reproducibility of spectral determinations is 0.001–0.100, depending on the measurement range. A fractional separation of elements that makes it possible to analyze the phase composition of substances, particularly metals, with high sensitivity is revealed in glow discharge. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp. 143–147, March–April, 1997.     

Relaxing local modes and the theory of low-frequency Raman scattering in glasses

Raman scattering in glasses is investigated theoretically. The experimental Raman spectra of glasses exhibit a low-frequency peak (at ～10 cm^?1) that, as a rule, is attributed to vibrational modes of nanometer-sized structural units (nanocrystallites). It is established that the elastic moduli of nanocrystallites must necessarily be dependent on their sizes due to the Laplace pressure effect. A theory of the low-frequency peak is constructed using a realistic size distribution function of nanocrystallites with allowance made for the Laplace pressure effect and the dissipation of vibrational energy. Within this theory, the shape of the low-frequency peak and its evolution with temperature can be analyzed quantitatively. The proposed approach offers a physical interpretation of the experimental data and provides insight into the relation of the characteristic nanocrystallite sizes to the elastic moduli and surface tension coefficients of materials.     

Evaluation of the probability of bankruptcy for a model of insurance company

We study the problem of evaluation of the probability of ruin of an insurance company for infinitely many steps in the case where the company can invest its capital to bank deposits at any time. As a distribution of the amounts of claims to the insurance company, we use the gamma-distribution with the parameters n and α. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 447–457, April, 2007.     

The First Iminoamidophosphite Ligand: Synthesis and Complexation with Rhodium(I)

Optically active amidophosphite with the peripheral imino group (R)-(Et₂N)₂POCH₂CH(Et)N=CHPh is synthesized through one-stage phosphorylation of the corresponding imino alcohol. Its reaction with [Rh(CO)₂Cl]₂ (at P : Rh = 1) yields the mononuclear chelate [Rh(CO)(P^N)Cl]. Structures of the compounds are determined by IR, ³¹P, and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and polarimetry.     

Averaging in parabolic systems subject to weakly dependent random actions. The L2-approach

The first initial-boundary problem for a parabolic equation with a small parameter under external action described by some random process satisfying an arbitrary condition of weak dependence is considered. Averaging of the coefficients over a time variable is carried out. The existence of a generalized solution for the initial stochastic problem as well as for the problem with an averaged equation which turns out to be deterministic is assumed. Exponential bounds of the type of the well-known Bernstein inequalities for a sum of independent random variables are established for the probability of the deviation of the solution of the initial equation from the solution of the averaged problem.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 315–322, March, 1991.     

Averaging in parabolic systems subject to weakly dependent random actions. The L2-approach

The first initial-boundary problem for a parabolic equation with a small parameter under external action described by some random process satisfying an arbitrary condition of weak dependence is considered. Averaging of the coefficients over a time variable is carried out. The existence of a generalized solution for the initial stochastic problem as well as for the problem with an averaged equation which turns out to be deterministic is assumed. Exponential bounds of the type of the well-known Bernstein inequalities for a sum of independent random variables are established for the probability of the deviation of the solution of the initial equation from the solution of the averaged problem.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 315–322, March, 1991.     

Averaging in hyperbolic systems subject to weakly dependent random perturbations

The first initial boundary value problem is considered for a hyperbolic equation with a small parameter for an external action described by some stochastic process satisfying some of the conditions of weak dependence. Averaging of the coefficients over the temporal variable is conducted. The existence is assumed of a unique generalized solution both for the initial stochastic problem and for the problem with an averaged equation, which turns out to be deterministic. For the probability of deviation of a solution of the initial equation from the solution of the averaged problem, exponential bounds are established of the type of S. N. Bernshtein inequalities for the sums of independent random variables.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 1011–1020, August, 1992.