Activation energy of field emission flicker noise power due to adsorbed potassium on tungsten

The temperature dependence of the field emission flicker noise spectral density functions has been investigated for potassium adsorbed on tungsten (112) planes by a probe hole technique. By integration of the spectral density functions $\text{W(?) = B}{}_{\mathrm{i}}\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{?ge}}\text{i}$ the noise power $\text{(δn}{}^2{}_{\mathrm{\Delta ?}}$ for different frequency intervals Δ? is obtained. From the exponential temperature dependence of $\text{(δn}{}^2{}_{\mathrm{\Delta ?}}$ noise power “activation energies” q_Δ? are determined. Plots of these energies versus coverage show a similar “oscillating” behaviour as recently found for $\text{W(?}{}_{\mathrm{j}}\text{)}$ or which indicates phase transitions of the adsorbed potassium submonolayers. The noise activation energies are discussed in terms of existing models and a comparison is made between the experimental q values and surface diffusion energies E_d as determined by conventional methods.     

Ko and λ production at the CERN ISR

Transverse momentum distributions of $\text{λ}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{,}\text{λ}{}^{\mathrm{o}}$, and K^o, produced in pp collisions at x = 0, have obtained at the CERN ISR. The K^o yield is in agreement with published K⁺, K^? results, obtained at this centre-of-mass energy (√s≈44 GeV). The results on $\text{λ}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{and}\text{λ}{}^{\mathrm{o}}$ production obtained in this experiment are compared with results obtained at lower centre-of-mass energies.     

Universality test for critical amplitudes in two dimensional percolation

From series expansions estimates of Sykes et al. it is concluded that the ratio $\text{B}{}^{\mathrm{\delta -1}}\text{ГE}{}^{\mathrm{-\delta }}$ for the critical amplitudes corresponding to the critical exponents β, γ and δ, respectively, behaves like a universal quantity, within reasonable bounds, for the site and bond percolation problem.     

Nuclear orientation study of the excited states of 129I populated in the decay of 129gTe and 129mTe

From the angular distributions of γ-rays emitted by oriented ^129gTe and ^129mTe nuclei implanted in iron by isotope separator, unique spin assignments could be made for the excited states of ¹²⁹I at 487.4 keV $\text{(}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{)}$, 696.0 keV $\text{(}\text{11}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{)}$, 729.6 keV $\text{(}\text{9}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{)}$, 768.9 keV $\text{(}\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{)}$, 1050.4 keV $\text{(}\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{)}$ and 1111.8 keV $\text{(}\text{5}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{)}$. In addition, E2/M1 amplitude ratios for the following ¹²⁹I γ-rays (energies are in keV) are derived: δ(459.6) = ?(0.076^+0.037_?0.148); δ(487.4) = 0.50^+0.17_?0.10 or δ^? = 0.35^+0.15_?0.09; δ(556.7) = 0.06±0.02 or δ^? = ?(0.10±0.02); δ(624.4) = 0.10±0.26 or δ^? > 0.4; the 696.0 keV γ-ray is pure E2; δ(729.6) = ?(0.34±0.06) or δ^?1 = 0.55±0.05; δ(741.1) = ?(0.27±0.10) or δ^?1 = ?(0.43±0.12); δ(817.2) = 0.46±0.04 or δ^?1 =0.20±0.03 if $\text{I}{}^{\mathrm{\pi }}\text{(845}\text{keV}\text{) =}\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$; δ(1022.6) = ?(0.02 ±0.02) or δ^?1 = ?(0.23±0.02); $\text{δ(1084) = 0.56}{}^{\mathrm{+0.04}}{}_{\mathrm{?0.14}}$; δ(1111.8) = 0.06±0.05 or δ^?1 = ?(0.08±0.05). The anisotropy of the 531.8 keV γ-ray excludes $\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ as a possible spin assignment for the 559.6 keV level, so that no $\text{1}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{+}}$ level is fed in the decay from ¹²⁹Te. Anisotropies for the 209, 250.7, 278.4 and 281.1 keV γ-rays are also measured. Comparison of the level scheme is made with theoretical predictions from both the pairing-plus-quadrupole model and the intermediate coupling unified model.     

The Pomeron and the scaling law for partial wave amplitudes

From the scaling law for the s-channel partial wave amplitudes, which guarantees simultaneously t-channel unitarity at threshold t = 4μ² and s-channel unitarity, we derive: (i) The intercept α(0) of the Pomeron is always one, if α(4μ²) > 1. (ii) The total and the elastic cross sections are bounded from below for s → ∞.

where α(4μ²) and δ(4μ²) are the position and the type of te Pomeron singularity (J ? α(4μ²))^{?1?δ(4μ2) at t = 4μ2}. (iii) The type of the Pomeron singularity δ(4μ²) is restricted: either $\text{δ(4μ}{}^2\text{) ?}\text{1}\text{2}$ or $\text{δ(4μ}{}^2\text{) ?}\text{1}\text{2}$.     

Anomalous stoner enhancements in amorphous systems

An n-orbital model describing both elastic impurity scattering and exchange interaction is examined near its instability for itinerant ferromagnetism. At the critical point and at zero temperature, long range spin fluctuations cause anomalous enhancements of the density of states near the Fermi energy with $\text{?(E) - ?(E}{}_{\mathrm{F}}\text{) ∝ |E ? E}{}_{\mathrm{F}}\text{|}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>4</mtext>}}$ in three-dimensions (3D) and with ln²|E ? E_F| in 2D. An estimation of the conductivity $\text{σ(Ω)}$ in a continuum analog model reveals Ω^{$\text{1}\text{4}$} -and ln²$\text{|Ω}{}_{\mathrm{\tau }}\text{|}$-corrections in 3D and 2D respectively.     

A least upper bound on the superconducting transition temperature

It is rigorously shown that the superconducting transition temperature of any material for which the Eliashberg theory is valid must satisfy k_BT_c ? 0.2309 A, where A is the area under its electron-phonon spectral function α²F(ω). This relation is a least upper bound, not just an upper bound, in the sense that there is an optimal situation in which the equality holds. This occurs when the Coulomb pseudopotential parameter $\text{μ}{}^1$ is zero and the spectral function is the Einstein spectrum Aδ(ω ? 1.750 A). These results are generalized in an approximate, but sufficiently accurate, way to the case $\text{μ}{}^1\text{≠ 0}$ to obtain the more useful least upper bound $\text{k}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>B</mtext>}}\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>c</mtext>}}\text{? c(μ}{}^1\text{) A}$ and the corresponding optimal spectrum $\text{Aδ[ω ? d(μ}{}^1\text{)A]}$. Numerical results for the functions $\text{c(μ}{}^1\text{)}$ and d(μ¹) are presented for $\text{0 ? μ}{}^1\text{? 0.20}$. It is shown that the T_c's of many materials (including Nb₃Sn), for which experimental values of A and $\text{μ}{}^1$ are available, do not lie very far below the upper bound.     

Cation self-diffusion and the isotope effect in Mn1−δO

Diffusion of ⁵⁴Mn in Mn_1?δO single crystals has been measured by a serial sectioning technique as a function of temperature (1000–1500°C) and deviation from stoichiometry (0.00003 < δ < 0.12). The value of m in the expression varies from about 6 at low Po₂ at all temperatures to a value approacing 2 at high Po₂ and high temperatures, thus suggesting that diffusion occurs by doubly charged vacancies at low Po₂ with increasing contributions from singly charged and neutral vacancies as Po₂ (and vacancy concentration) increases. For δ near 0.1, the values of D fall below the values extrapolated from smaller defect concentrations. The isotope effect for cation self-diffusion was measured by simultaneous diffusion of ⁵²Mn and ⁵⁴Mn in Mn_1?δO (0.0004 < δ < 0.116) at 1300 and 1500°C. The measured values of fΔK are independent of temperature within experimental error, and decrease from a value of 0.70 at low defect concentrations to 0.37 for large values of δ. The isotope-effect results suggest that diffusion occurs by single non-interacting vacancies at low defect concentrations; defect-defect interactions become important for δ ? 0.01. The defect-defect interactions may involve essentially individual defects or may result in defect clusters; the similarity between the present isotope-effect results and those for Fe_1?δ0 suggests that defect clustering plays a significant role in mass transport in Mn_1?δO at large values of δ.     

On a least upper bound Tc of superconductors with paramagnetic impurities

We have obtained a least upper bound, $\text{k}{}_{\mathrm{B}}\text{T}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{? c(μ}{}^1\text{, t)A}$, on the critical temperature T_c of an isotropic superconductor with paramagnetic impurities described by the scattering matrix t for fixed values of μ¹. We have also obtained the corresponding optimal spectrum $\text{α}{}^2\text{F(m) = Aδ[ω?d(μ}{}^1\text{, A]}$. The numerical results for the functions $\text{c(μ}{}^1\text{, t)}\text{and}\text{d(μ}{}^1\text{, t)}$ are presented for $\text{α}{}^1\text{= 0.1}$ and 0.16 in the form of universal curves representing $\text{c(μ}{}^1\text{, t)}\text{and}\text{d(μ}{}^1\text{, t)}$ as functions of the reduced impurity concentration $\text{t}\text{= t/A}$. We have also established an upper limit to the reduced critical concentration $\text{t}{}_{\mathrm{crit}}$ for an arbitrary shape of α²F(ω)1.     

The ground state of methane 12CH4 through the forbidden lines of the ν3 band

High resolution spectra of the ν₃ band of methane, ¹²CH₄, were recorded by using a “third generation vacuum Fourier interferometer”; a large pressure range (from 0.009 to 10 Torr) with a sample path fixed at eight meters was used, enabling observation of transitions with intensity ratios as low as $\text{1}\text{10 000}$. More than 350 forbidden transitions of the ν₃ band, including about 125 transitions of the Q⁺ branch, were unambiguously identified. Of the 277 transitions retained for computations, one-hundred have 11 ≤ J ≤ 16. From combination difference relations using pairs of transitions having the same upper state energy level (forbidden-allowed and forbidden-forbidden pairs were used), 276 independent differences between ground state energy levels could be determined with uncertainties of about 0.001 cm^?1.These data yielded the following values for the ground state structure constants of ¹²CH₄ along with their standard deviations (in cm^?1): $\text{β}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=5.2410356±0.0000096}$, $\text{γ}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(?1±0.00074) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?4}}$, $\text{π}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(5.78±0.18) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?9}}$, $\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(?1.4485±0.0023) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?6}}$, $\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(1.768±0.126) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?10}}$, $\text{ξ}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(?1.602±0.067) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?11}}$, Thus, for the first time, the scalar constant π⁰ has been evaluated and ir values have been obtained for the two tetrahedral constants ?⁰ and ξ⁰; furthermore, these values are in very good agreement with the ones recently determined from radiofrequency data, i.e., in cm^?1: $\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(?1.45061±0.00014) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?6}}$, $\text{?}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(1.7634±0.0068) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?10}}$, $\text{ξ}{}^{\mathrm{o}}\text{hc}\text{=(?1.5432±0.0040) 10}{}^{\mathrm{?11}}$ From these values, the 276 differences can be reproduced with an overall rms deviation equal to 0.0009 cm^?1.Finally, the ground state energies of ¹²CH₄ have been calculated for J ≤ 16.     

Phenomenological thermodynamics of mixed valence phenomenon

The fluctuation of valence in some rare-earth (RE) compounds is described in terms of the effective potential seen by the RE ion. The nearly degenerate $\text{4?}{}^{\mathrm{n+1}}\text{(5d6s)}{}^2$ and $\text{4?}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{(5d6s)}{}^3$ levels of the RE ion split in energy in the presence of a repulsive potential. The energy separation (ΔE) between these levels is a function of external variables such as temperature, pressure or composition, which change the effective potential seen by the ion. The variation of ΔE with temperature is obtained for four Europium compounds from ¹⁵¹Eu Mössbauer isomer shift data. The temperature dependence of susceptibility is then obtained from the same (ΔE) variation and compared with experimental results. A characteristic temperature (T_υ) is found below and above which (ΔE) behave as ΔE = αT and ΔE = βT+γ respectively.     

Measurement of charge distributions for 229Th(nth,f) and 232U(nth,f)

A gas ΔE ? E_R telescope has been used to measure charge yields and their correlations with kinetic energies for ²²⁹Th and ²³²U. Even-charge yields are enhanced compared with odd-charge yields for both fissioning systems; this enhancement increases for events with higher kinetic energy. The mean odd-even effect $\text{δ}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>p</mtext>}}\text{is}\text{= (40±4)\%}\text{for}{}^{229}\text{Th}$; it is $\text{(21 ± 3)\%}\text{for}{}^{232}\text{U-the same as for}{}^{233}\text{U}\text{((22.1±2.1)\%)}\text{and}{}^{235}\text{U}\text{((23.7±0.7)\%)}$. The energy-integrated δ_p and δ_p for different energy windows, vary strongly as a function of charge (Z) due to the underlying shells. The δ_p averaged over Z increases fast with kinetic energy, contrary to the existing results for ²³³U and ²³⁵U, where δ_p flattens off at low energies. For both systems, the most probable kinetic energy ē shows a strong odd-even stagger; the mean odd-even effect on energy, $\text{δE}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>K</mtext>}}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>o?e</mtext>}}\text{,}\text{is}\text{1.4 ± 0.3}\text{MeV for}{}^{229}\text{Th, and}\text{1.7±0.4}\text{MeV for}{}^{232}\text{U}\text{—}$ the latter is about twice the value for ${}^{233}\text{U}\text{(0.95 ± 0.09}\text{MeV}\text{)}\text{and}{}^{235}\text{U}\text{(0.7}\text{MeV}\text{)}$. These results are discussed in terms of the existing models.     

Vector and tensor meson production in K−p interactions at 32 GeV/c

Inclusive production of vector and tensor mesons is studied in a K^?p experiment at 32 GeV/c in the MIRABELLE bubble chamber. The $\text{K}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>0</mtext>}}\text{(890)}$, ?⁰ and ω cross sections are comparable, about 4 mb each. The $\text{K}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>0</mtext>}}\text{(1420}$ and cross sections are also comparable, about 1 mb each. The $\text{K}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>o</mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>+</mtext>}}$(890), Φ, $\text{K}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>o</mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>?</mtext>}}$(1420) and f cross sections beam fragmentation; ? production is almost forward-backward symmetric in the c.m.s. The p_T production slopes of $\text{K}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>o</mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>?</mtext>}}\text{(890)}$ and ? are similar, the Φ slope is shallower. Vector and tensor mesons alone are responsible for ?50% (?60%) of final-state pions     

A multipole analysis of pion photoproduction in the first resonance region

An energy-independent multipole analysis of pion photoproduction in the first resonance region has been performed in which special care has been taken in the selection and normalization of the data. The results obtained are a significant improvement on those of earlier analyses. Three features are of particular interest: a zero in the $\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{1+}}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ multipole at resonance; a smooth $\text{M}{}_{\mathrm{1?}}{}^{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ multipole showing the onset of the P₁₁(1470) resonance; and evidence for the position of the Δ⁺ resonance being different from those of the Δ⁺⁺ and Δ^o resonances. A comparison is made with the recent energy-dependent analyses, indicating agreement in the gross features of the multipoles but showing significant differences in essential details.     

Lifetimes of the low-lying 72− states in 113, 115Cd

The half-lives of the $\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ states at 522.6 and 393.9 keV in ¹¹³Cd and ¹¹⁵Cd have been determined to be 0.322±0.012 and 0.75± 0.03 ns, respectively. Values of the $\text{B(}\text{E}\text{2,}\text{7}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{→}\text{11}\text{2}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$) and the energy difference in odd Cd (A = 113–119) are compared with those in neighbouring even Cd. The level properties are interpreted in the framework of the triaxial rotor model.     

Paзлoжeниe пo 1Z для чapтpи-фoкoвcкoй и кoppeляциoннoй энepгии, peлятивиcтcкич пoпpaвoк, дипoльнoгo мaтpичнoгo элeмeнтa

Energies and dipole matrix elements have been calculated for He, Li, Be, B, C, N, O, F, and Ne-like ions (configurations 1s²2sⁿ¹2pⁿ²?1s²2s^n1?12pⁿ²⁺¹). The Hartree-Fock energy, the correlation energy, and relativistic corrections were taken into account. Relativistic corrections were obtained by computing the entire quantity H_B. Numerical results are presented for energies of the terms in the form

$\text{E=E}{}_0\text{Z}{}^2\text{+ ΔE}{}_1\text{Z + ΔE}{}_2\text{+}\text{1}\text{Z}\text{ΔE}{}_3\text{+}\text{α}{}^2\text{4}\text{(E}{}_0{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{Z}{}^4\text{+ ΔE}{}_1{}^{\mathrm{p}}\text{Z}{}^3\text{)}$

, and for the fine structure of the terms in the form

$\text{〈1s}{}^2\text{2s}{}^{\mathrm{n1}}\text{2p}{}^{\mathrm{n2}}\text{LSJ|H}{}_{\mathrm{Б}}\text{|1s}{}^2\text{2s}{}^{\mathrm{n1\prime }}\text{2p}{}^{\mathrm{n2\prime }}\text{L′S′J〉=(?1)}{}^{\mathrm{L+S\prime +J}}\text{LSJ}\text{S′L′1}\text{×}\text{α}{}^2\text{4}\text{(Z?A)}{}^3\text{[E}{}^{\mathrm{(0)}}\text{(Z ? B)+}\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{c0}}\text{]+(?1)}{}^{\mathrm{L\; +\; S\prime \; +\; J}}\text{LSJ}\text{S′L′2}\text{α}{}^2\text{4}\text{(Z?A)}{}^3\text{E}{}_{\mathrm{cc}}$

. Dipole matrix elements are required for calculation of oscillator strengths or transition probabilities. For the dipole matrix elements, two terms of the expansion in $\text{1}\text{Z}$ have been obtained. Numerical results are presented in the form P(a, a′) = (a/Z)[1 + (τ/Z)].     

Luminescence above the gap in heavily Zn-doped GaAs

Several distinct features have been observed in the photoluminescence spectrum of heavily Zn-doped GaAs, in the range between 1.65eV to 2.25eV. They are attributed to direct recombination across the E_o+?_o gap and to indirect processes related to X^c₁ and X^c₃. The X^c₁ minima are thus located to be 1.935±0.01eV above the top of the valence band at 100K. Their shear deformation potential $\text{E}$^X₂ is found to be $\text{E}{}^{\mathrm{X}}{}_2\text{=5.5±2eV}$.     

Photino-photino-photon production in e+e− annihilation

The cross section for production of single photons in the process $\text{e}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{e}{}^{\mathrm{?}}\text{→ γ}\text{γ}\text{γ}$ is calculated including selectron propagator and photino mass effects and is found to be significantly smaller than the local limit for selectron masses ? 35 GeV/c². Numerical results for the cross section are obtained as a function of selectron masses for photino masses $\text{m}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>\gamma </mtext>}}\text{? 10}\text{GeV}\text{/c}{}^2$ and electron beam energies E = 14.5, 25, and 35 GeV appropriate to PEP, PETRA, and TRISTAN, respectively.     

Optical and electrical energy gaps of the n-type impure silicon at 300 K

The band-gap narrowing ΔE_{g, opt} and ΔE_{g, elec} (or ΔE_{g, eff}) for optical and electrical energy gaps of the n-type impure silicon at 300 K, are investigated based on simplified models of heavily doped semiconductors. It is suggested that, for $\text{4 × 10}{}^{19}\text{cm}{}^{-3}\text{? n}{}_0\text{? 3 × 10}{}^{20}\text{cm-3}\text{, ΔE}{}_{\mathrm{g,\; elec}}\text{(or ΔE}{}_{\mathrm{g,\; eff}}\text{)}$ is significantly larger than ΔE_{g, opt}, in good agreement with observed results. This difference is caused especially by the effect of the polaron.