Natural Electromagnetic Waves in a Circular Waveguide with a Chiral and a Dielectric Layer

Based on particular solutions of a system of wave equations which describe electromagnetic processes in an unbounded biisotropic medium and are represented in the form of generalized power series, a dispersion equation is obtained for a two-layer circular waveguide with a chiral and a dielectric layer. The solution of the dispersion equation is analyzed for some types of natural waves.     

Electromagnetic secondaries and punch-through effects in the CMS ME1/1

The aim of this work is to estimate the shower leakage from the CMS Endcap Hadron calorimeter (HE) due to electromagnetic secondaries and punch-through in the region of the ME1/1 Forward Muon Station. Two configurations are considered: with and without the CMS Endcap Electromagnetic calorimeter (EE). The experimental data have been taken during the combined beam test of CMS subdetectors (HE, ME, RPC, DT) at the CERN H2 beam facility in 2004. Serial CSC chambers (ready for installation in CMS) fully equipped with readout electronics have been exposed. Simulation of a beam test setup has been performed using the GEANT4-based simulation software package OSCAR. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Semigroups of polygons whose vertices define a centered partition of ℝ n

A partition $\mathfrak{F}$ of a Euclidean space into finite subsets has subgroup property SP if the family of the convex hulls of the leaves of $\mathfrak{F}$ constitutes a subgroup with respect to the Minkowski addition. If $\mathfrak{F}$ consists of orbits of a finite linear groups then SP is equivalent to the fact that the group is a Coxeter group. In this article, this assertion is proved only under the assumption of continuity and centrality of $\mathfrak{F}$ (this means that every leaf is inscribed in some sphere centered at zero). An example is given of a noncentered partition satisfying SP (such partitions cannot be Coxeter partitions).     

Polarization-Modulation Methods for Determining the Roll and Bearing Angles of an Aircraft using a Rotating Quarter-Wave Phase Plate

Russian Physics Journal - A polarization-modulation method for simultaneous determination of the navigation bearing and roll parameters of an aircraft from orthogonally linearly polarized beacon...     

Structure and intramolecular hydrogen bonds in Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonylamino)methane and N-[(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)aminomethyl]acetamide

Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonylamino)methane in an inert medium exists as an equilibrium mixture of monomeric forms with various types of intramolecular hydrogen bonds, whose population depends on the polarity of the medium. The energetically most favorable form is a symmetrical form containing two N-H...O=S bonds. Less stable are the isomer with two N-H...F-C bonds and the unsymmetrical isomer with two different hydrogen bonds. N-[(Trifluoromethylsulfonyl)aminomethyl]acetamide contains one intramolecular intramolecular N-H...O=C hydrogen bond and preserves ability for self-association.     

Polarization Amplitude-Based Method of Determining the Bearing and Roll Angles of an Object in Motion from Orthogonal Circularly Polarized Signals of a Radio Beacon

Russian Physics Journal - The possibility of determining the bearing and roll angles of an object in motion is investigated based on orthogonal left- and right-hand circularly polarized signals...     

Shock-induced phase transformation and vortex instabilities in shock loaded titanium alloys

Spall-tests of four kinds of high-strength titanium alloys (VT-6, VT-14, VT-20 and VT-23) have been performed by using a two-channel velocity interferometer for recording free surface velocity profiles and a SEM-technique for microstructure investigations of post-shocked specimens. Screw rotational structures in the spall zone are thought to be responsible for the more effective shock-wave energy scattering during spallation. Free surface velocity profiles display forward and reverse phase transitions in the all alloys under investigation. The threshold stress for the forward and reverse phase transitions turns out to be practically independent of the chemical and phase compositions of specimens, and monotonously increases with strain rate. Received 7 February 1999 / Accepted 3 November 1999