Identification of matrix-isolated thorium nitride and the thorium-dinitrogen complex

The infrared stretching frequencies of Th¹⁴N and Th¹⁵N in solid Ar and Kr at 14 K have been measured. Multiple sites for the ThN in both matrices were observed; one site for Th¹⁴N with $\text{v}\text{?}\text{= 934.61 ± 0.05}\text{cm}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ predominated after the matrix was annealed. For ThN in this site, ω_e = 941.9 ± 1.0 and ω_eχ_e = 3.7 ± 0.5 cm^?1. No dinitride of Th was observed. A thorium-dinitrogen complex was observed with a NN stretching frequency of 1828.59 ± 0.05 cm^?1 in solid Ar. The geometry of this complex is C_2v with equivalent nitrogen atoms and the bonding approaches that of an ion pair.     

Fluorescence spectra of matrix-isolated Se2

Laser induced fluorescence spectra are reported for samples of natural selenium and of the separated ⁷⁸Se and ⁸⁰Se isotopes in Ar and Kr matrices. The B(0_u⁺) → X(0_g⁺) and B(1_u) → X(1_g) systems of Se₂, already known in the gas, are observed by both single photon and biphotonic excitation considerably red-shifted in the matrices. The A(0_u⁺) → X(0_g⁺) emission of Se₂, not observed in the vapor, appears in the matrices with its origin near 15 100 cm^?1. Another system with ν₀₀ = 24 429 cm^?1 and ω″_e = 538 cm^?1 is thought to belong most probably to some polyatomic Se_n molecule.     

Infrared spectra of the matrix-isolated chlorides of iron,cobalt, and nickel

Iron, cobalt, and nickel metal cathodes were sputtered with various mixtures of ³⁷Cl₂/³⁵Cl₂/Ar to produce Ar matrices at 14 K that contained the mono-, di-, and trichlorides of the corresponding metal. The measured infrared absorption spectra of these matrices allowed the identification and characterization of FeCl₂, FeCl₃, CoCl, CoCl₂, CoCl₃, and NiCl₂. The derived vibrational constants of the electronic ground state of ⁵⁹Co³⁵Cl are ω_e = 457.8 ± 3.0 cm^?1 and ω_eχ_e = 2.0 ± 1.5 cm^?1. The antisymmetric stretching mode frequencies of six isotopomers of FeCl₂ and three isotopomers of CoCl₂ were identified and measured. The dichlorides of iron, cobalt, and nickel were all determined, in contrast with previous work, to be nonlinear with bond angles of 161, 157, and 161°, respectively. The estimated uncertainty is 5°. For both iron and cobalt trichlorides, the measured stretching mode frequencies were used to derive a ClMCl angle in excess of 120°, as would be expected for planar molecules with somewhat anharmonic vibrations. Observed adsorption peaks could be assigned to the ν₃(E) modes of planar (D_3h) Fe and Co trichlorides and the corresponding modes of the isotopomers. These observations strongly suggest that recent data supporting a pyramidal geometry for FeCl₃ should be reexamined. The geometry of CoCl₃ has not previously been determined.     

Resonance Raman and fluorescence spectra of chlorine dioxide in argon,krypton, xenon,and nitrogen matrices at 16 K

Laser excitation studies of matrix-isolated ClO₂ at 16 K using the 4579, 4765, 4880, and 5145 Å argon ion lines and argon, krypton, xenon, and nitrogen matrices were conducted. Quenching of fluorescence by the matrix was evidenced by the observation of displaced bands in the Ar, Kr, and N₂ work and increased background in the Xe studies. An intense progression in ν₁ of ClO₂ with regularly decreasing intensities out to 6ν₁ observed in solid Ar with 4579 Å excitation was attributed to the resonance Raman effect. Shorter resonance Raman progressions were observed in Xe and N₂ matrices.     

Pion production at large transverse momentum

A constituent interchange model is used to give a natural explanation of the observed energy dependence of ISR data for π° production at 90°. It is predicted that at large fixed p_T and sufficiently high energy the cross section will become constant, with a p_T dependence of (p_T²)^?2.5. It is also tentatively suggested that the e⁺e^? annihilation structure function $\text{ν}\text{W}{}_2$ should behave like ω^?1.5 near ω = 0.     

Electrochromic colour centres in amorphous tungsten trioxide thin films

Amorphous tungsten trioxide films, investigated by the Raman scattering method, are shown to be composed of a spatial network of tightly bound (WO₆)_n·mH₂O clusters with a large number of terminal oxygen W=O and W-O-W bonds between clusters. The injected electrons in an amorphous tungsten trioxide film are localized in the tungsten 5d orbitals in an axially distorted octahedron, as is shown by ESR analysis. The optical absorption of a coloured amorphous tungsten trioxide film, as has previously been proposed, can be satisfactorily described by an intervalence charge-transfer transition between localized W⁵⁺ and W⁶⁺ states.     

Absorption and emission spectra of matrix-isolated GeTe

Systems of broad bands have been observed in the absorption and laser-induced emission spectra of the GeTe molecule in solid argon and krypton matrices. Hitherto unreported electronic states have been characterized: a, ν₀₀ = 15 500 cm^?1; B, ν₀₀ = 20 070, ω_e = 190 cm^?1; C, ν₀₀ = 23 500, ω_e = 270 cm^?1. Higher energy states are also reported as well as an emission system in the red which is probably due to the Ge₂Te₂.     

Solar neutrino-induced reactions

The ⁸B solar neutrino-induced ³⁷Cl(ν_e, e^?)³⁷ Ar cross section is obtained using weak matrix elements from a recent model calculation to complement existing experimental data: ω_8Bmodel=(1.27 ± 0.01) x 10^?42cm². More generally, constraints that can be placed on this cross section by a model-independent analysis are considered and yield ω_8Bmodel=(1.27 ± 0.23) x 10^{?42 cm2}.     

Measurement of width and shift of rare gas lines emitted from a stock-tube plasma

In a diaphragm shock-tube, Ar, Kr and Xe plasmas were generated with equilibrium temperatures of 8,000 to 12,000 K. The electron densities were measured with a two-wavelength interferometer and varied from 4×10¹⁶ to 1.4×10¹⁷ cm^-3. Emission profiles of spectral lines were recorded with a polychromator setup in 1 μs intervals using a fast data acquisition system. Width w and shift d turned out to be proportional to electron density N_e for the observed lines. Stark broadening parameters w/N_e and d/N_e are presented for 3 Ar(I), 4 Kr(I) and 5 Xe(I) lines in the visible region of the spectrum.     

On the knock-out mechanism for the12C(P,α)9B reaction

Using a multiwire proportional counter with CH₄ and Ar as counting gases, theK-fluorescence yield of chlorine was determined to beω _K=0.101±0.004, and theK-fluorescence yield of bromine was found to beω _K=0.626±0.012. The respective sources were³⁷Ar and⁸¹Kr, the latter produced by a (n, γ)-reaction from⁸⁰Kr. The ω_K-value of chlorine correlates with the theoretical computation of Walters and Bhalla [1], compared to that of bromine, which seems to confirm the theory of Kostroun et al. [18].     

Vibrational analysis of the A′1Π state of barium oxide using two isotopes

Barium vapor is reacted with N₂¹⁶O and N₂¹⁸O at 0.7 Torr to produce clearly distinguishable isotopic bands of BaO A′¹Π-X¹Σ in the wavelength region of 320–415 nm. The unique vibrational numbering is determined by measuring the isotopic shift in the bandheads between Ba¹⁶O and Ba¹⁸O. Spectroscopic constants for the A′¹Π state are determined from the present analysis to be ν₀₀ = 17 588 ± 15 cm^?1, ω_e = 442.45 ± 0.3 cm^?1, and ω_ex_e = 1.652 ± 0.009 cm^?1. Uncertainties represent three standard deviations.     

The XPS spectra of the metathesis catalyst tungsten oxide on silica gel

XPS spectra of supported and unsupported tungsten oxides before and after use in the metathesis reaction of propene are reported. It is shown that the broad peaks, usually measured for supported materials, are due to line broadening caused by differential charging. A new sample preparation technique is described which leads to a considerable reduction of the line broadening. Both XPS and X-ray diffraction show that in fresh catalysts a well-defined phase Of WO₃ is present. The reduction of the supported trioxide by propene to W₂₀O₅₈, as concluded from X-ray diffraction measurements, results in the formation of W^v - and/or W^IV -species in used catalysts. For unsupported WO₃ these lower valencies have been observed in the valence-band spectra.     

Noncollinear phase matched four photon frequency mixing in water

An intense ultraviolet picosecond light pulse at ω_S = 2γ_P ? ω_L is generated in water by noncollinear phase matched nonresonant four photon frequency mixing of two input picosecond light pulses at frequencies ν~_P = 18 960 cm^-1 and ν~_L = 9480 cm^-1. An energy conversion of up to W_S/W_L = 0.07 was achieved. The nonlinear susceptibility components were determined to be χ⁽³⁾_yyyy(?ω_S; ω_P, ω_P, ? ω_L) = 7.5 × 10^-34 Cm/V³ and χ⁽³⁾_yxxy(?ω_S; ω_P, ω_P, ?ω_L) = 2.4 × 10^-34 Cm/V³.     

Absorption spectra of diatomic molybdenum nitride (MoN), molybdenum oxide (MoO), and molybdenum dimer (Mo2) molecules isolated in Ar,Ne, and Kr matrices

MoN and MoO molecules produced in a hollow cathode discharge have been trapped in Ne, Ar, and Kr matrices at 4.2 and 13 K and investigated by optical spectroscopy. Bands attributed to MoN were identified in the red and blue spectral regions and assigned by comparison with gas phase results to the A⁴π → X⁴Σ^? (a) and B⁴Σ → X⁴Σ^? (a) transitions, respectively. The ground state of Mo¹⁴N has been identified as ⁴Σ^? with ω_e = 1040 cm^?1 in an Ar matrix. Absorptions assigned to MoO in the red spectral region form the (0-0) and (1-0) bands of at least one electronic transition, but could not definitely be correlated with the gas phase results. The ground state vibrational frequency for Mo¹⁶O in an Ar matrix is 893.5 cm^?1. Additionally, Mo₂ absorptions centered at 19 305 cm^?1 were shown to be part of a vibrational progression with an average spacing of 181 cm^?1.     

Photochromic and electrochromic properties of tungstate glasses

Electrochromic and photochromic behavior have been observed for the first time in the Li₂O-B₂O₃-WO₃ glass system. Double injection of protons and electrons results in the formation of H_xWO₃ in the glass matrix which exhibits a broad absorption band peaking in the vicinity of 1.45–1.65 eV due to electron hopping between W⁺⁵ and W⁺⁶ sites. An electron diffusion coefficient of D_e∽3×10^-6cm²sec^-1 has been measured near the percolation threshold when the volume filling fraction f > 0.3 for WO₃ in the glass matrix. The electrochemical potential of these tungstate glasses varies as a function of coloration.     

Raman study of WO3 thin films

The influence of substrates, thermal treatment and coloration-bleaching cycles on the structure of WO₃ thin films used in electrochromic devices has been investigated by Raman microscopy. Films (2000–8000 Å) were prepared by RF sputtering from a metallic tungsten target at a constant pressure (5 × 10^?3Torr) of pure oxygen or a mixture of Ar20% O₂. They are amorphous, transparent and electrochromic. Thermal treatment at 360°C produces crystallization. Modifications of the WO₃ framework are also induced by coloration-bleaching cycles.     

Simultaneous analysis of the 2ν1 and ν1 + ν3 bands and the equilibrium structure of hydrogen telluride

The Coriolis coupled vibration-rotation bands 2ν₁ and ν₁ + ν₃ of H₂Te, which overlap near 4063 cm^?1, have been analyzed by fitting the lines from all of the Te isotopes simultaneously. Using the resulting rotational constants for the ν₁ + ν₃ band and those previously obtained for the ν₁ + ν₂, ν₂ + ν₃, and ν₂ along with the ground state constants, a set of α's was determined. From the α's the equilibrium rotational constants A_e = 6.2515 cm^?1 and B_e = 6.1036 cm^?1 were calculated and then the equilibrium HTeH bond angle of 90°15′ and an equilibrium bond length of 1.658 Å were calculated.     

A new measurement of the ratio of the cross sections of muon-neutrino and muon-antineutrino scattering on electrons

A new experimental determination of the electro-weak mixing angle θ_W is reported based on a second exposure of the CHARM calorimeter to the CERN-SPS wide-band beam. The ratio R of muon-neutrino- and muon-antineutrino-electron scattering cross section has been determined from a sample of 37 ± 10 and 35 ± 10 events. The experimental result is R = 1.26_?0.45^+0.72, corresponding to a value of sin²θ_W = 0.216 ± 0.055. The total sample of events collected in the CHARM calorimeter during the two exposures is $\text{(83 ± 16)ν}{}_{\mathrm{\mu }}\text{e}\text{events and}\text{(112 ± 21)}\text{ν}{}_{\mathrm{\mu }}\text{e}$ events, leadint to the final result sin²θ_W = 0.215 ± 0.032. The systematic error is estimated to be ± 0.012.     

Implications of the quark-gluon light cone current algebra on neutrino scattering

The explicit canonical structure of the light cone restriction of the commutator of the weak current with its divergence is considered in the interacting quark-gluon model quantized in the finite momentum frame. The implications on neutrino scattering are analyzed. W₄ and W₅ are predicted to scale nontrivially as ν⁻²F₄(ω) and ν⁻²F₅(ω), which provides a simple test of light cone current algebra feasible in the near future. The Σ-term for weak currents is deduced from a casual representation near the light cone, and a correction is also made in the W₅-sum rule obtained by naive infinite momentum techniques.     

Collision-induced vibrational polarizability and mixed second refractivity virial coefficients B ab R: an experimental study of the SF6—rare gas mixtures

Mixed second refractivity virial coefficients B ^ab _R (ω) are determined in the infrared spectral range from the analysis of the buffer gas-induced intensity redistribution in the ν₃ absorption band at ω ? 930 cm^?1 of ³⁴SF₆ perturbed by the rare gases Ar, Kr, and Xe at relative densities up to 140 Amagat. The values of the refractivity virial coefficients are found to be several orders of magnitude greater than those observed in the spectral regions far removed from single-photon resonances. The undamped dynamic dipole—induced-dipole (DID) model is shown to qualitatively correctly reproduce the observed unusual dispersion of the B ^ab _R (ω) functions. A new estimate of the integrated band intensity S(ν₃) of SF₆ is also obtained.