Equations of State and the Phase Diagram of Dielectric and Metallic Helium-4

A new form of the semiempirical equation of state for the liquid phase of helium-4 is proposed that is based on the assumption that the structure of this phase consists of a mixture of dielectric and metallic components. It is postulated that solid dielectric helium with density higher than 5.3 g/cm³ becomes a metal. The values of the parameters of the equations of state for both solid phases and the liquid phase of helium are calculated. The unknown values of the initial data for helium are taken by analogy with the parameters for deuterium. The phase diagram, shock adiabat, isentropes, isotherms, and electrical conductivity in these processes are calculated with the use of the equations of state of solid and liquid phases of helium-4. The results of calculation are compared with experimental data in the range of pressures of up to 35 GPa for an isotherm, up to 150 GPa for a shock adiabat, up to 42 GPa for the melting curve, and up to 2000 GPa for isentropes, and showed quite satisfactory agreement. Numerical extrapolation of the melting curve is performed to a range of ultrahigh pressures of up to 8000 GPa.     

Accurate calculation of pileup effects in PIXE spectra from first principles

Background subtraction in PIXE spectra has been a persistent problem in PIXE data analysis. Pile‐up represents an important contribution to the background, but its treatment in software codes handling PIXE spectra frequently suffers from strong or even incorrect approximations. This paper gives a short review of various studies and methods of pile‐up correction and applies an analytic calculation based on first principles for PIXE spectra pile‐up subtraction. No distinction between peak and continuum contributions is necessary. The only parameters required for the calculation are the collection time, the shaping time of the amplifier and the resolving time of the pile‐up rejection system, without any need for normalisation constants. Calculations are presented for a series of experimental PIXE spectra, for different count rates and amplifier shaping times and spectra collected with the pile‐up rejection system on and off. The agreement between calculated and observed pile‐up is excellent. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Bottom‐up engineering of diamond micro‐ and nano‐structures

Engineering nanostructures from the bottom up enables the creation of carefully sculpted complex structures that are not accessible via top down fabrication techniques, in particular, complex periodic structures for applications in photonics and sensing. In this work a proof of principle that bottom up approach can be adopted and utilized for sculpting devices from diamond is proposed and demonstrated. A realization of periodic structures is achieved by growing nanoscale single crystal diamond through a defined pattern. Optical wave‐guiding of a narrow band emission attributed to the SiV defects in diamond is demonstrated by overgrowth on a thin diamond membrane. In addition, an array of hexagonal microdisks with diameter sizes ranging from 1 to 4 μm is demonstrated. The bottom up approach for diamond opens up new avenues for devices fabrication and sculpting three dimensional structures.     

JPEG图像压缩对测量类图像的影响

在JPEG图像压缩的量化过程中,丢弃了部分高频信息,使图像的清晰度下降。通过对频谱的对照分析和对实际图像进行实验后表明,JPEG图像压缩对测量和处理结果的影响与原图像的特点、取样方式、滤波过程和压缩算法有关。经摄像机和图像卡获得的图像,其压缩比可达到10;经扫描仪获得的图像,其压缩比可达到6;经数码相机获得的图像,其压缩比可达到6～8;对特定的医学图像、晶相图像等来说,利用图像的特征构造最优匹配的JPEG压缩量化表,其压缩比可达到10。采用合适的压缩比和改进的压缩方法,图像的细节损失可以控制在较小的范围内,基本上不影响检测类图像的边界提取、分割、尺寸测量时的处理结果。     

Dynamic calibration of shock overpressure transducers

Piezoelectric transducers for dynamic overpressure measurements are commonly calibrated with static or quasistatic loads and the calibration is extrapolated to frequencies up to 30% of the resonant frequency of the piezoelectric crystal. Sinusoidal pressure generators are also used for dynamic calibration up to 500 Hz in the range of 3 MPa. This paper describes a method for dynamic calibration using transient overpressures, with rise time of 2 μsec and width 40 μsec, generated by exploding wires in air. The calibration is done in the range of 600 kPa.     

Anomalous dimensions of gauge-invariant three fermion local operators of twist three

The matrices of anomalous dimensions of gauge-invariant three-fermion local operators of twist three are calculated in QCD with massless quarks. Furthermore we explicitly give the eigenvalues for operators containing up to eight derivatives, and the eigenvectors for operators containing up to three derivatives. The correspondence between eigenvectors of the anomalous dimension matrices and decuplet local baryon operators is derived by means of Fierz transformations.     

Self-similar collapse and blow up of laser beams in nonlinear Kerr media—Revisited

Some features of the blow up and collapse phenomena characteristic of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation are discussed. Particular attention is given to recently found solutions describing self-similar collapse in the form of ring-shaped structures. The characteristic parameters of such collapsing rings are found and particular single-humped initial conditions giving rise to ring formation are also discussed. The possibility of self-similarly collapsing beams with parabolic intensity profiles is investigated and used to infer the blow up distance of initially Gaussian beams. The result is shown to be in good agreement with previous empirical results for the blow up distance.     

Multi-peak ESCA bands of nitroanilines

The ESCA spectra of a series of nitroanilines were obtained. Multi-peak structures were observed in the various energy regions. In the N_1s region this structure was found for the nitro band, but not for the amino band. These effects are interpreted as due to shake up phenomena involving intramolecular charge transfer transitions. A qualitative model for such kind of phenomena is given. It rationalizes the fact that shake up processes are specific to a certain atom or atoms within a molecule. The shake up energies are compared with the ultraviolet absorption ones. The charge density of the atom showing the shake up transition seems to be the main factor in determining the agreement between ESCA and ultraviolet data.     

Use of Pulsed Radiography for Investigation of Equations of State of Substances at Megabar Pressures

A method of density measurement for substances that are isentropically compressed up to megabar pressures is described in the paper. Measurement results for condensed hydrogen isotopes and aluminum are presented. These results, afterwards, are used for construction of hydrogen isotopes “cold” isentropes. Experimental x‐ray images of the facilities with the hydrogen isotopes, compressed up to several megabars are presented in the paper (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Output power and spectrum of optical parametric generator in the superfluorescent regime

Explicit expressions for the irradiance and signal spectrum of an optical parametric generator were derived. The calculation is in quantitative agreement with measurements of parametric generators with three different lengths of crystals operating in the superfluorescent regime. The measured spectrum was predicted for the entire measured range up to a gain-length product of 16, and the measured signal power was accurately derived up to a gain-length product of 10.     

Numerical solution of differential equations with colored noise

Using the general theory of numerical integration of stochastic differential equations, a constructive approach to numerical methods for a system with colored noise is proposed. Efficient methods up to the 5/2 strong order and up to the third weak order, including Runge-Kutta and implicit schemes, are presented. The algorithms are tested on the Kubo oscillator.     

Non-perturbational calculation of the Bloch-Siegert effect in semiclassical and quantum approaches

It is reported that it is possible in practice to calculate with a computer the analytical expression of the density matrix elements of a two-level quantum system interacting with an EMF, without using perturbation methods. Formulae including terms up to second order in the coupling are given in the semi-classical case (with and without averaging over the phase of the field) and in the quantum case. Results are in accordance with those of Pegg for the case of the classical EMF averaged over ? Disaccordances with other works are reported and reasons for performing the same calculation up to fourth order are given.     

Efficient single-mode Brillouin fiber laser for low-noise optical carrier reduction of microwave signals

We experimentally demonstrate efficient optical carrier reduction of microwave signals with a single-mode 1.5-microm wavelength Brillouin all-fiber ring laser. Because of the tunable optical coupling, the lasing threshold of the short-length (20-m) fiber cavity is lower than 5 mW, and high conversion efficiencies (up to 60%) are obtained at any pump power up to approximately 200 mW. Using the single-mode Stokes beam as a seed for the stimulated Brillouin scattering process allows up to 40-dB optical carrier depletion with almost no added noise for an optically carried microwave signal at 6 GHz. In addition, using this resonator, we provide evidence of generation of high-spectral-purity beatnotes.     

Energy‐dispersive diffraction with synchrotron radiation and a germanium detector

The response of an intrinsic Ge detector in energy‐dispersive diffraction measurements with synchrotron radiation is studied with model calculations and diffraction from perfect Si single‐crystal samples. The high intensity and time‐structure of the synchrotron radiation beam leads to pile‐up of the output pulses, and the energy distribution of the pile‐up pulses is characteristic of the fill pattern of the storage ring. The pile‐up distribution has a single peak and long tail when the interval of the radiation bunches is small, as in the uniform fill pattern, but there are many pile‐up peaks when the bunch distance is a sizable fraction of the length of the shaping amplifier output pulse. A model for the detecting chain response is used to resolve the diffraction spectrum from a perfect Si crystal wafer in the symmetrical Laue case. In the 16‐bunch fill pattern of the ESRF storage ring the spectrum includes a large number of `extra reflections' owing to pile‐up, and the model parameters are refined by a fit to the observed energy spectrum. The model is used to correct for the effects of pile‐up in a measurement with the 1/3 fill pattern of the storage ring. Si reflections (2h,2h,0) are resolved up to h = 7. The pile‐up corrections are very large, but a perfect agreement with the integrated intensities calculated from dynamical diffraction theory is achieved after the corrections. The result also demonstrates the convergence of kinematical and dynamical theories at the limit where the extinction length is much larger than the effective thickness of the perfect crystal. The model is applied to powder diffraction using different fill patterns in simulations of the diffraction pattern, and it is demonstrated that the regularly spaced pile‐up peaks might be misinterpreted to arise from superlattices or phase transitions. The use of energy‐dispersive diffraction in strain mapping in polycrystalline materials is discussed, and it is shown that low count rates but still good statistical accuracy are needed for reliable results.     

CC5083与CC5182铝合金冷轧与再结晶后偏光金相观察组织和X射线检测织构对比研究

连续冷却铸造5083铝合金板较大塑性变形量冷轧后的组织、织构及性能与再结晶处理工艺关系的研究有限。对冷轧压下量约为91.5%的CC5083与CC5182铝合金板分别进行室温入箱式电炉、随炉不限速升温到不同温度退火2 h和分别进行直接入不同温度盐炉退火30 min、出炉水冷至室温后,采用偏光金相显微镜观察组织、采用X射线衍射检测织构,进一步对比研究较大压下量冷轧后退火工艺与再结晶组织和织构关系。结果显示：(1)电炉退火CC5083铝合金板的再结晶开始及晶粒长大温度为343 ℃,晶粒长大后形状为长条状(创新点);盐炉退火CC5083铝合金板的再结晶开始温度为343 ℃;二者再结晶完成温度都为371 ℃。(2)CC5182铝合金板分别在电炉与盐炉454 ℃以上退火,晶粒开始显著长大;电炉退火与盐炉退火CC5083铝合金板再结晶开始温度分别高于电炉与盐炉退火的CC5182铝合金板,盐炉退火CC5083铝合金板再结晶晶粒长大温度高于另外三种方式退火;CC5182铝合金板盐炉退火再结晶晶粒长大温度高于电炉退火的。CC5083和CC5182铝合金冷轧板表层再结晶及再结晶晶粒长大温度明显高于内层的(创新点)。(3)四种方式退火再结晶晶粒长大温度及相同温度退火时织构转变程度有差异(创新点);退火过程中织构检测结果与金相组织观察结果反映的再结晶进程不很一致。     

Experimental Study of the Plasma Cathode Electron Gun

The high-power microwave devices with plasma-filled have been unique properties. One of the major problems associated with plasma-filled microwave sources is that ions from the plasma drift toward the gun regions of the tube. This bombardment is particularly dangerous for the gun,where high-energy ion impacts can damage The cathode surface and degrade its electron emission capabilities. One of the techniques investigated to mitigate this issue is to replace the material cathode with plasma cathode. A unique plasma cathode electron gun are investigated in detail experimentally in this paper. The PCE-gun has been operated at pulser voltage up to 8KV,discharge current up to 166A,and pulse lengths of up to 60s.     

Nanostructuring of surfaces of metalloceramic and ceramic materials by electron-beams

An electron-emitting source generating a low-energy beam measuring 1–3 cm in diameter, with current up to 300 A, pulse duration within 50–200 μs, and pulse repetition frequency up to 10 Hz is investigated in a gas-filled diode with a mesh plasma cathode at the accelerating voltage up to 25 kV. The beam is transported in a longitudinal pulsed magnetic field to a distance of up to 30 cm towards the region of its interaction with a solid. For the current densities up to 100 A/cm², it provides the power density as high as 10–100 J/cm² sufficient to melt surfaces of metals, alloys, and composite (metalloceramic) materials within one or a few pulses. This makes this beam useful for modification of material surfaces and articles made thereof. Using the methods of optical, scanning and diffraction electron microscopy, by building micro-and nanohardness profiles, and via identification of the treated surface roughness, the phase composition and the substructure state of the materials subjected to pulsed low-energy e-beam of sub-millimeter durations are investigated. Formation of submicro-and nanocrystalline multi-phase structure is observed, which ensures a multiple increase in physico-mechanical and tribological characteristics of the treated material. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 60–70, May, 2008.