Mössbauer effect of rapidly diffusing Fe in Y

The diffusion coefficient for Fe in Y from Mössbauer experiments is several orders of magnitude lower than from bulk diffusion measurements. This can be explained by a combination substitution-interstitial diffusion mechanism.     

Aberration invariant optical/digital incoherent systems

We have developed a fundamental technique for control of important known and unknown lens aberrations. Control of lens aberrations through traditional means is very difficult in high-performance optical systems. Minimizing aberrations caused by deterministic design errors as well as statistical fabrication errors has often led to costly systems and fabrication techniques. By employing a special-purpose optical phase mask and digital signal processing we can form imaging systems that are invariant, or substantially insensitive, to a number of important lens aberrations.     

Effect of detector noise in incoherent hybrid imaging systems

Hybrid imaging systems involve the joint design of an optical image-gathering module and digital processing algorithms to obtain a required final image. They have the potential to achieve imaging performance hitherto unobtainable by conventional imaging techniques. A reduction in the signal-to-noise ratio of the final image is one of their main disadvantages when one is considering linear signal processing. We analyze the effect of additive white noise at the detector on the performance of hybrid imaging systems under quasi-monochromatic incoherent illumination. We also show numerical results and computer-simulated images for an extended depth-of-field hybrid system.     

Strong shape theory and resolutions

It is shown that the strong shape theory of compact metrizable spaces extends to a theory for all topological spaces. The extension resembles the inverse systems approach to shape theory of Marde?i? and Segal. Fundamental roles are played by the Steenrod homotopy theory of Edwards and Hastings and the theory of ANR-resolutions due to Marde?i?.     

Rheologically interesting polysaccharides from yeasts

We have examined the relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary structures of polysaccharides exhibiting the rheological property of friction (drag) reduction in turbulent flows. We found an example of an exopolysaccharide from the yeastCryptococcus laurentii that possessed high molecular weight but exhibited lower than expected drag reducing activity. Earlier correlations by Hoyt (8,10) showing that β1 → 3, β→4, and αl → 3 linkages in polysaccharides favored drag reduction were expanded to include correlations to secondary structure. The effect of sidechains in a series of gellan gums was shown to be related to sidechain length and position. Disruption of secondary structure in drag reducing polysaccharides reduced drag reducing activity for some but not all exopolysaccharides. The polymer fromC. laurentii was shown to be more stable than xanthan gum and other exopolysaccharides under the most vigorous of denaturing conditions. We also showed a direct relationship between extensional viscosity measurements and the drag reducing coefficient for four exopolysaccharides.

     

The Mössbauer effect isomer shift of Fe impurities in CuZn alloys

The Mössbauer effect isomer shift has been measured for Fe in each room temperature phase of the CuZn alloy system. The isomer shift contribution in the α phase due to Zn electrons is deduced from pressure data.