Particle detection from oriented nuclei

A survey is given of particle emission from nuclei that have been spin oriented by cryogenical means. Experiments and recent developments with detectors in the low temperature environment and their on-line application are reviewed. The most recent results are mentioned. Some phenomena to be unraveled in future studies are pointed out.     

用于高速数据通信的梯度塑料光纤

概述了梯度塑料光纤的开发历史和现状。从应用于高速数据通信的角度 ,介绍了聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)、全氘化和全氟化梯度塑料光纤的损耗、带宽、稳定性和寿命。详细介绍了梯度塑料光纤的损耗光谱和损耗机制 ,介绍了制作梯度塑料光纤的界面凝胶聚合技术和两种扩散法 ,分析了梯度塑料光纤的制作方法同折射率剖面和带宽的关系 ,讨论了梯度塑料光纤的稳定性同掺杂物质的关系。同时介绍了高稳定性梯度塑料光纤的研究进展及今后的发展动向     

Magnetocaloric effect and magnetic refrigeration

The phenomenon of the magnetocaloric effect along with recent progress and the future needs in both the characterization and exploration of new magnetic refrigerant materials with respect to their magnetocaloric properties are discussed. Also the recent progress in magnetic refrigerator design is reviewed.     

Scattering of phonons by two-level impurities

The origin of the discrepancy in recent published results for the temperature dependence of the phonon scattering by two-level impurities is pointed out. It is concluded that it is the more recent results of Joshi that are in error.     

Coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering in Raman lasers and Raman wavelength converters

In this paper recent research progress on the use of Coherent Anti‐Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) in Raman lasers and Raman wavelength converters is reviewed. The latest insights in the physical nature and behavior of CARS are addressed, and the recent performance breakthroughs in CARS‐based Raman wavelength conversion are discussed. Based on the new findings regarding the behavior of CARS, a physical explanation for apparent inconsistencies in various experimental observations of Raman wavelength conversion is provided. To conclude it is shown that these recent insights also pave the way to the development of a novel CARS‐based mechanism for reducing the heat dissipation in Raman lasers.     

Universality in Four-Boson Systems

We report recent advances on the study of universal weakly bound four-boson states from the solutions of the Faddeev-Yakubovsky equations with zero-range two-body interactions. In particular, we present the correlation between the energies of successive tetramers between two neighbor Efimov trimers and compare it to recent finite range potential model calculations. We provide further results on the large momentum structure of the tetramer wave function, where the four-body scale, introduced in the regularization procedure of the bound state equations in momentum space, is clearly manifested. The results we are presenting confirm a previous conjecture on a four-body scaling behavior, which is independent of the three-body one. We show that the correlation between the positions of two successive resonant four-boson recombination peaks are consistent with recent data, as well as with recent calculations close to the unitary limit. Systematic deviations suggest the relevance of range corrections.     

Neural networks: A biased overview

An overview of recent activity in the field of neural networks is presented. The long-range aim of this research is to understand how the brain works. First some of the problems are stated and terminology defined; then an attempt is made to explain why physicists are drawn to the field, and their main potential contribution. In particular, in recent years some interesting models have been introduced by physicists. A small subset of these models is described, with particular emphasis on those that are analytically soluble. Finally a brief review of the history and recent developments of single- and multilayer perceptrons is given, bringing the situation up to date regarding the central immediate problem of the field: search for a learning algorithm that has an associated convergence theorem.     

On the static polarizability of small metal particles

The size-dependent static polarizability of small sodium particles is calculated within a non-self-consistent spherical jellium model. The results are compared both with recent experimental data and with recent theoretical work based on a completely self-consistent jellium model. The non-self-consistently obtained polarizabilities agree better with the experimental values than those obtained in a completely self-consistent way. The reasons for this are discussed and it is outlined how lattice effects could improve the agreement between the results of a self-consistent theory and the experimental data.     

冷熔合反应合成超重元素的进展

综述了自提出冷熔合反应作为合成原子序数 Z>1 0 6号超重元素的最主要反应机制以来 ,冷熔合合成超重元素所取得的重大成就及其进展至目前所面临的困惑 .详细介绍了最近国际上围绕 1 1 8号元素合成以及对以冷熔合反应合成 Z>1 1 2号超重元素前景上的争论 .讨论了在我国现有实验条件下 ,基于冷熔合机制开展超重元素合成面临的问题. The great successes of cold fusion reaction which was suggested as the most important production mechanism for superheavy element of Z >106, as the well as the main hot point problems in recent research of superheavy element synthesis are reviewed. Some different opinions around the synthesis of the superheavy element of Z =118 and the further prospect of utilizing cold fusion reactions to the syntheses of superheavy elements of Z >112 are introduced in detail...     

光与新型氧化物材料的相互作用及其应用

文章概述了光与几种新型氧化物材料相互作用研究现状,应用和将来可能的发展方向,这些新型氧化物包括高温氧化物超导体,巨磁电阻材料和铁电体,介绍了光激发状态下氧化物的输运特性,电磁特性的变化规律,报道了近年来主要的实验方法和研究结果,总结了光与氧化物相互作用时有关光响应和光激发的可能机制,讨论了现有实验结果的潜在应用,指出了将来在材料工程,光电器件,信息技术等方面应用的研究方向。     

Compton scattering and electron momentum distributions

The recent development of the technique of inelastic x-ray scattering to study the electron momentum distribution in the scatterer is surveyed. The simple relationship between the electron momenta and the Compton line shape in the impulse approximation is derived, and the validity of that approximation is discussed in the light of recent measurements. Current areas of research are reviewed.     

All-order results for soft and collinear gluons

Some general features and some recent developments concerning the resummation of long-distance singularities in QCD and in more general non-Abelian gauge theories are reviewed. The field-theoretical tools of the trade are emphasized, with the focus mostly on the exponentiation of infra-red and collinear divergences in amplitudes, which underlies the resummation of large logarithms in the corresponding cross-sections. Some recent results concerning the conformal limit, notably the case of N = 4 superymmetric Yang-Mills theory are also described.      

亚洲托卡马克超导磁体研究新进展

简要回顾了世界托卡马克超导磁体研究的进展 ,重点介绍了全超导托卡马克装置中国的 HT- 7U、韩国的 KSTAR及日本开展的 ITER中心螺线管模型线圈研究的新进展。最后对亚洲在这一领域近几年的发展做了归纳。     

Fine structure continuum cross section ratios in the two-photon ionization of rubidium using elliptically polarized light

Using fully relativistic perturbation theory we report fine structure continuum cross section ratios for the two-photon ionization of rubidium under elliptically polarized light. The choice of light polarization and wavelength matches the recent complete experiments on rubidium reported by Wang and Elliott [Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3795 (2000)]. The sigma(d5/2)/sigma(d3/2) cross section ratios calculated are consistent with results expected if relativistic fine structure effects are small, and are very much at odds with the recent experimental findings.     

Tensor Form Factors and Transverse Spin Structures of the Nucleon

We briefly review recent investigations on the transverse spin structure of the nucleon, based on the chiral quark-soliton model. We discuss the results of the tensor and anomalous tensor magnetic form factors and the corresponding transverse quark spin densities inside a nucleon. The results are compared with those of the recent lattice calculation. While their qualitative features are similar to the lattice ones, there are some discrepancies in the momentum dependence of the form factors and accordingly in the strengths of the transverse spin densities.     

Quantitative comparison between theoretical predictions and experimental results for the BCS-BEC crossover

Theoretical predictions for the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer-Bose-Einstein condensation crossover of trapped Fermi atoms are compared with recent experimental results for the density profiles of 6Li. The calculations rest on a single theoretical approach that includes pairing fluctuations beyond mean-field. Excellent agreement with experimental results is obtained. Theoretical predictions for the zero-temperature chemical potential and gap at the unitarity limit are also found to compare extremely well with Quantum Monte Carlo simulations and with recent experimental results.     

腔内单原子的激光冷却、囚禁与操控实验及其最新进展

本文综述了腔内单原子的激光冷却、囚禁与操控的基本原理、实验方案和结果及其最新进展,并介绍了腔内单原子激光操控实验的最新进展及其在腔内量子电动力学(腔内QED)效应、亚泊松光子统计、单原子激光、量子态制备、单光子源和量子信息处理等研究中的应用。     

X射线空间特性诊断技术

本文对各种X射线空间成象方法进行了简要的介绍和比较,重点是近几年建立和发展起来的几种成象设备以及利用这些设备在惯性约束聚变(ICF)实验中获得的典型结果。     

High-frequency response of nanostructured magnetic materials

This paper reports a brief overview on recent developments regarding the high-frequency response in the GHz range of nanostructured magnetic materials. Emphasis is placed on the linear regime in the frequency domain characterized by the dynamic susceptibility spectrum. Some modeling tools and experimental probes allowing determination of the dynamic susceptibility spectrum are first rapidly reviewed and their respective advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Next, some illustrative examples of the high-frequency response of nanopatterned materials based on recent works are presented. The role played by the shape of the element on the characteristics of excitation spectrum is underlined. Lastly, some prospects are proposed and promising trends are highlighted.