Diagram X-ray emission spectra of a hollow atom: the Kh alpha1,2 and Kh beta1,3 hypersatellites of Fe

High-resolution Fe K(h) beta(1,3) and K(h) alpha(1,2) hypersatellite spectra were measured, using monochromatized synchrotron radiation photoexcitation. The lines' energies, splitting, excitation thresholds, and the K(h) alpha(1)/K(h) alpha(2) intensity ratio were derived with high accuracy. Having both spectra, not hitherto available for any atom with high resolution, allows separating out the energy shifts of the outer levels caused by a K shell spectator vacancy. Comparison with ab initio relativistic multiconfigurational Dirac-Fock calculations reveals that while the influence of relativity and QED effects is mostly accounted for, discrepancies remain in the lines' intensity ratio, which sensitively measures the intermediacy of the coupling. Similar discrepancies, of unknown origin, are found in the energy shifts of the outer levels due to the final-state K shell spectator vacancy.     

Potassium and titaniumKX-ray de-excitation induced by ion bombardment

KX-ray de-excitation spectra have been produced for K and Ti by proton, alpha and oxygen ion beam bombardment. These spectra have been measured with a crystal spectrometer of resolution (FWHM) of 10 and 13 ev for theKα_1,2 line in K and Ti respectively. The additional lines not found in the normal X-ray spectra are attributed to multiple inner shell ionization. The energy shifts and relative intensities of these lines are compared to theoretical predictions.     

Measurement of the branching ratio and form factor of K(L)-->mu(+)mu(-)gamma

We report on the analysis of the rare decay K(L)-->mu(+)mu(-)gamma the 1997 data from the KTeV experiment at Fermilab. A total of 9327 candidate events are observed with 2.4% background, representing a factor of 40 increase in statistics over the current world sample. We find that B(K(L)-->mu(+)mu(-)gamma) = (3.62 +/- 0.04(stat) +/- 0.08(syst)) x 10(-7). The form factor parameter alpha(K*) is measured to be alpha(K*) = -0.160(+0.026)(-0.028). In addition, we make the first measurement of the parameter alpha from the D'Ambrosio-Isidori-Portolés form factor, finding alpha = -1.54 +/- 0.10. In that model, this alpha measurement limits the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa parameter rho>-0.2.     

Measurement of the kaonic hydrogen x-ray spectrum

The DEAR (DAPhiNE exotic atom research) experiment measured the energy of x rays emitted in the transitions to the ground state of kaonic hydrogen. The measured values for the shift epsilon and the width Gamma of the 1s state due to the K(-)p strong interaction are epsilon(1s)=-193 +/- 37 (stat) +/- 6 (syst) eV and Gamma(1s)=249 +/- 111 (stat) +/- 30 (syst) eV, the most precise values yet obtained. The pattern of the kaonic hydrogen K-series lines, K(alpha), K(beta), and K(gamma), was disentangled for the first time.     

Surface and bulk normal state transport properties in K(3)C(60)

The temperature dependence of the surface resistivity for a metallic K(3)C(60) ordered film in the nonsuperconducting state has been obtained by reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy. We demonstrate that the normal state electronic and transport properties of the top molecular layer of K(3)C(60) are similar to the corresponding properties measured with bulk sensitive techniques. These observations strengthen and give a general character to the experimental results obtained with surface sensitive techniques on fullerene compounds. In addition, the transport properties may deviate from the Fermi-liquid behavior above 500 K.     

The trapping of K and Na atoms by a clean W(110) surface trajectory calculations

The fraction of K and Na atoms initially trapped by the W(110) surface has been measured as a function of the incident energy (0.5–15 eV) and as a function of the incident angle. The trapping probability equals one at low incident energies (E_i ? 0.5 eV) and decreases with increasing energy. The measurements show an increase of trapping with increasing angle of incidence θ_i (measured from the surface normal). Simultaneously the desorption energies Q_i were determined from the temperature dependence of the measured mean residence time on the W(110) surface. We obtained for K: Q_i = 2.05 ± 0.02 eV, and for Na: Q_i = 2.60 ± 0.04 eV.The trapping phenomenon at a solid surface was approximated in a theoretical way by calculating the in-plane trajectory of a projectile scattered from a diatomic surface-molecule. The important feature which showed up was the conversion of tangential to normal momentum of the projectile, and thus the inapplicability of cube models. As a function of the angle of incidence two regimes can be distinguished: at the smaller angles the scattering is governed by simultaneous interaction of the projectile with two neighbouring surface atoms, and at the higher angles of incidence the single particle interaction contributes most to the momentum transfer.     

Coverage dependence of neopentane trapping dynamics on Pt(111)

Adsorption probabilities for neopentane on Pt(111) were measured directly using supersonic molecular-beam techniques at coverages ranging from zero to monolayer saturation, incident translational energies between 18 and 110 kJ mol⁻¹ and incident angles between 0° and 60° at a surface temperature of 105 K. The adsorption probability was found to increase with coverage up to near monolayer saturation at all incident translational energies and incident angles. The coverage dependence of the adsorption probability predicted by a modified Kisliuk model with enhanced trapping into the second layer exhibits good quantitative agreement with the experimental values. The angular dependence of the adsorption probability decreases with increasing coverage, suggesting that the effective corrugation of the gas–surface interaction potential increases with the adsorbate coverage. The initial adsorption probability into the second layer onto the covered surface decreases from 0.95 to 0.75 with increasing energy over the energy range studied, and exhibits total energy scaling. A comparison with second-layer trapping data of simpler molecules onto covered Pt(111) indicates that the structural complexity of adsorbed neopentane molecules facilitates collisional energy transfer during adsorption.     

部分有序(AlxGa1-x)0.51In0.49P(x=0.29)合金的发光衰退过程

利用时间分辨光谱研究了(Al_xGa_1-x)_0.51In_0.49P合金的时间衰退过程,观察到载流子的转移过程和PL谱峰蓝移现象。这和变温发光谱中谱峰的Z-型依赖关系相吻合。这种现象明显表明了载流子的转移过程和子带的存在,证实了我们对超晶格带折叠效应的猜测。子带是由于有序结构的超晶格效应使导带的L带折叠到Γ带,载流子在时间衰退过程中从Γ带转移到L带。时间分辨光谱的蓝移现象同时也揭示了PL变温谱中谱峰反常蓝移现象的来源。     

H(2)-Broadening Coefficients in the nu(4) Band of NH(3)

H(2)-broadening coefficients have been measured for 66 rovibrational lines of NH(3) at room temperature in the (P)P and (R)P branches of the nu(4) band in the range 1470-1600 cm(-1), using a high-resolution Fourier transform spectrometer. The collisional widths are obtained by fitting Voigt profiles to the measured shapes of the lines. The broadening coefficients are found to decrease on the whole as J increases and they increase with K for a given J value. The results are compared with those calculated from a semiclassical model in which the inversion vibration of NH(3) and collision-induced transitions with DeltaK = 0 and DeltaK = +/- 3 are taken into account. The intermolecular potential used includes electrostatic, induction, and dispersion energy contributions. The calculations performed by considering only DeltaK = 0 transitions provide significantly lower broadenings but with a satisfactory J and K dependence. The same trends are obtained for the broadening coefficients in inversion-rotation transitions and in the Q branch of the nu(1) parallel band of NH(3). Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

无序CuZr和CuY合金的电阻和磁电阻

以熔化-旋转法制备了Cu70Zr30和Cu100-xYx( x = 28, 67)非晶带试样并在1～300 K温度范围内测量了电阻和磁电阻随温度变化的规律.非晶Cu70Zr30电阻率ρ(T)的温度系数(TCR)在整个测量温区内都是负值,并且在两个不同的温区表现出-T1/2行为.对于类似的Cu100-xYx合金系统,在1～200 K温区内也做了同类测量.在低温1～4 K, 两个不同的无序系统CuZr和CuY的 TCR都准确地表现出-T1/2行为,这表明无序系统在极低温条件下的量子相干效应.这主要应归因于在粒子-空穴通道的电子-电子相互作用.而无序Cu70Zr30在宽广的中低温区60～300 K以更大斜率表现出的-T1/2行为,可以用初始定域化理论解释.无序CuZr和CuY的低温磁电阻ρ(B,T)测量结果与定域化理论进行了拟合和讨论.     

桑色素与牛血红蛋白相互作用的光谱研究

利用紫外可见吸收光谱和荧光光谱研究了在生理pH条件下桑色素与牛血红蛋白(BHb)的相互作用。实验结果表明:桑色素分子与BHb发生反应生成基态复合物,导致BHb内源荧光的猝灭,该猝灭属于静态猝灭。测定了不同温度下该反应的表观结合常数、结合位点数及结合热力学参数,热力学参数的变化表明上述作用过程是一个熵增加、自由能降低的自发分子间作用过程,桑色素与BHb之间以疏水和静电作用力为主;根据F-rster能量转移理论,测得供体与受体间结合距离r和能量转移效率E;并用同步荧光光谱法探讨了桑色素对BHb构象的影响。     

Hydrocarbon interaction with clean and oxidised Cu(111)

The interaction of methane, propane, ethene and propene with clean and oxidised Cu(111) has been studied in the temperature range 300–750 K and at pressures up to 0.1 Pa with ellipsometry, AES and LEED. Methane and propane showed no measurable interaction under our conditions. Propene exposure on Cu(111) at T > 475 K resulted in a slow carbon deposition of the graphitic type. Propene was able to remove all oxygen from Cu(111)/O at T 625 K. The fastest part of the reduction has a first order dependence on the propene pressure; the apparent activation energy is 44.9 ± 5.2 kJ mol⁻¹. Though ethene is less reactive than propene it is also able to reduce an oxidised copper surface at T = 725 K.     

Proposed search for a(0)(0)(980)-f(0)(980) mixing in polarization phenomena

The K+ and K0 meson mass difference induces the mixing of the a(0)(0)(980) and f(0)(980) resonances, the amplitude of which, between the K+K- and K0(-)K(0) thresholds, is large in magnitude, of the order of m(K)m(2)(K0)sqrt[-m(2)(K+)] approximately sqrt[alpha] m(2)(K), and possesses the phase sharply varying by about 90 degrees. We suggest performing the polarized target experiments on the reaction pi(-)p-->etapi(0)n at high energy in which the fact of the existence of a(0)(0)(980)-f(0)(980) mixing can be unambiguously and very easily established through the presence of a strong jump in the azimuthal asymmetry of the etapi(0) S wave production cross section near the K(-)K thresholds. The presented estimates of the polarization effect to be expected in experiment are to a great extent model independent.     

Electron-phonon interaction at the Be(0001) surface

We present a first principle study of the electron-phonon (e-p) interaction at the Be(0001) surface. The real and imaginary parts of the e-p self-energy (Sigma) are calculated for the Gamma; surface state in the binding energy range from the Gamma; point to the Fermi level. Our calculation shows an overall good agreement with several photoemission data measured at high and low temperatures. Additionally, we show that the energy derivative of Re Sigma presents a strong temperature and energy variation close to E(F), making it difficult to measure its value just at E(F).     

Photophysics of the adsorbed bipyridyl complexes of ruthenium(II) with phosphines

Luminescence of the ruthenium(II) complexes cis-Ru(bpy)₂(CN)₂ (I), cis-[Ru(bpy)₂(PPh₃)CN](BF₄) (II), and cis-Ru(bpy)(dppe)(CN)₂ (III)[bpy=2.2′-bipyridyl, PPh₃=triphenylphosphine, dppe=1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane], adsorbed on silicon oxide (Aerosil) were studied at a temperature of 77 K. The luminescence spectra, decay times, and quantum yields were measured, and the intermolecular rate constants of radiative transitions and nonradiative decay of the excited electronic state with the metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) were determined. It is found that the adsorption of the complex is accompanied by a decrease in the energy of the radiative MLCT state and by a considerable acceleration of its nonradiative decay. It is concluded that the interaction of the complexes with the surface adsorption centers occurs via formation of a strong hydrogen bond with a hydroxyl-hydrate cover, the interaction of complexes in the ³MLCT state being stronger than in the ground state. The additive (in the number of phosphorus atoms coordinated to the central ruthenium ion), a shift of the absorption and luminescence bands to shorter wavelengths in the sequence of complexes I–III, is retained when the complexes transform from solutions to the absorbed state.     

Spectroscopy and photophysics of binuclear ruthenium(II) complexes with nitrogen-containing heterocyclic bridging ligands

The absorption spectra at room temperature and the spectra, the quantum yields, and the decay times of the luminescence at 77 K of binuclear complexes [X(bpy)₂Ru(BL)Ru(bpy)₂Cl]²⁺ (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridyl; X = Cl, BL = pyrazine, 4,4′-bipyridyl, trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, and trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane and X = NO₂, BL = 4,4′-bipyridyl) in alcoholic (4: 1 EtOH-MeOH) solutions are studied. It is shown that the interaction between the metal centers (MCs) of the complexes affects the characteristics of the electronically excited states (EESs) of each of them and facilitates increasing the transition dipole moment Ru(d_π)→BL(π_*). The deactivation rate constants of the lowest electronically excited metal-to-ligand charge transfer (³MLCT) state of the complexes are determined. In an asymmetric binuclear complex, the energy transfer from MC(NO₂) to MC(Cl) is revealed, with the rate constant of this transfer being not smaller than 3.2 × 10¹⁰ s^?1.     

Reduction of oxidized Fe(100) by hydrogen

The interaction of hydrogen with the oxide layer on Fe(100) has been studied with ellipsometry, AES and LEED. The oxide layer formed at room temperature on Fe(100) rearranges at elevated temperatures, resulting in a reconstructed oxide phase in deeper layers, plus a single monolayer of oxygen on top of the surface. This monolayer is unchanged upon heating. These surfaces are exposed to hydrogen pressures up to 2 × 10⁻² Torr at crystal temperatures between 473 and 643 K. The reduction proceeds via a mechanism of dissociative adsorption of hydrogen on an oxygen filled site. A continuous transport of oxygen from deeper layers to the surface region occurs on a time scale which is fast in comparison with the observed reaction rate. These oxygen containing reaction sites are related to the reconstructed oxide, since a single monolayer of oxygen on Fe(100) is inactive to hydrogen in the pressure range measured. The apparent activation energy for the reaction between the oxide overlayer on Fe(100) and hydrogen is 59 ± 4 kJ/mol at the initial oxygen coverage.     

Comparative study of vibrations in submonolayer structures of potassium on Pt(111)

We present results of a comparative study of the vibrational spectrum and local density of phonon states in ordered p(2 x 2) and (√3 x √3)R30° structures formed by potassium atoms on the Pt(111) surface. The calculations were performed with tight-binding interatomic interaction potentials. It was found that the mode associated with vertical displacements of K adatoms has an energy of about 20 meV in both K structures. The strength and energy of this mode slightly decreases with increasing coverage. This result is in good agreement with available experimental data. As in time-resolved second harmonic generation measurements, we observed low frequency modes for both structures considered, which are caused by the interaction of potassium with the second layer of the substrate.     

Adsorption of carbon monoxide on the molybdenum (100) surface

The interaction of CO with Mo(100) has been studied by means of thermal desorption spectrometry, work function measurements and electron stimulated desorption, in conjunction with LEED and AES. Results have been obtained for adsorption at room temperature and at temperatures down to 200 K. The study confirms previous results, showing that the β-states formed at room temperature are atomic. The thermal desorption data for the β-states are analyzed to give directly the desorption activation energy as a function of coverage. This energy is found to vary smoothly from an initial value of 3.7 to a final value of 2.9 eV molecule, indicating an average repulsive interaction between a pair of adjacent adatoms of 0.2 eV. The data at low temperature indicate that a molecular state, virgin-CO, is produced in competition with β-CO and probably one other state, from a common precursor. The step leading to virgin-CO has both a low activation energy and a low pre-exponential factor, suggesting that a reorientation of the molecule is required.     

On alpha particle spectroscopy based on the over-etched track length in PADC (CR-39 detector)

In the current work, alpha particle spectroscopy is investigated experimentally by utilizing the over-etched track lengths in the CR-39 detector. CR-39 samples were exposed perpendicularly to alpha particles emitted from ²⁴¹Am with an energy ranging from 0.5 to 5.5 MeV. CR-39 samples were etched in 6.25 N NaOH at (70±0.5)°C for different durations. The track diameter and track length were measured under an optical microscope. The results show that, the energy-over-etched track length calibration curve is monotonic, in other words, the over-etched track length is a monotonic function in alpha particle energy. On the other hand, the energy-diameter calibration curve is degenerated, i.e. alpha track diameter is non-monotonic function in alpha particle energy. These results suggest that the CR-39 detector could be used as a wide range alpha particles spectrometer using an energy-over-etched track length calibration curve.