Comparison of monthly and daily isotopic composition of precipitation in the coastal area of Slovenia

The stable isotopic composition (delta(2)H and delta(18)O) of short-term (daily) precipitation collected from October 2002 to September 2003 at two stations in a coastal, karstic area in south-western Slovenia was investigated. In addition, monthly composite samples were collected and analysed for comparison with amount-weighted monthly means. The delta(2)H and delta(18)O values obtained show a wide range and reflect seasonal climatic variations. Deuterium excess and local meteoric water lines (LMWLs) were determined and cumulative frequency analysis and coincidence tests were performed. The statistical coincidence test showed that the LMWLs calculated from monthly data for Portoroz and Kozina are coincident, but the LMWLs calculated from daily precipitation events are not. This difference could be explained by the greater variance of the isotopic composition of daily precipitation in comparison to monthly composite samples and also to the influence of evaporation during events below<1 mm at Portoroz during the extremely dry and warm spring-summer season of 2003. Finally, synoptic maps and backward trajectories of a selected precipitation event showed that changes of isotopic composition are related to mixing of air masses originating from the continent and Mediterranean cyclogenesis.     

Stability of the magnetic domain structure of nanoparticle thin films against external fields

We investigate the effect of external magnetic fields on the magnetic structure of thin films from magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) with dipolar interaction. Such fields are present, for example, if samples are scanned with magnetic probes. Numerical simulations and experimental magnetic force microscopy (MFM) studies are presented. Numerically, we have calculated the magnetization pattern of single-layer and multilayer MNP thin films. The calculations show that unperturbed single-layer MNP films have an in-plane orientation of the magnetization with a flux-closure-domain pattern. An external field generated by a point dipole above the film induces locally an out-of-plane configuration of the magnetization. In the corresponding MFM images, the domain pattern in the film is erased and a stripe-like contrast enhancement at the edges appears. Multilayer films are found to be more robust against external fields than monolayers.     

Design and application of a femtosecond optical parametric oscillator for time-resolved spectroscopy of semiconductor heterostructures

Femtosecond pulses of a collinearly pumped Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) are applied for investigations of the carrier dynamics in ternary and quaternary semiconductor quantum wells. The design and the specifications of the OPO are given in detail. We show that no measurable jitter exists between the pump pulses and the output pulses of the OPO. Therefore, it is possible to use the OPO and its pump laser for two-color experiments with a time resolution limited by the pulse lengths. We present and discuss results of transient four-wave mixing experiments on (InGa) As/InP quantum wells, and find a new kind of polarization-dependent quantum beat phenomenon. In addition, non-degenerate experiments on quantum wells from the quaternary (InGaAl) As material system, using two pulses at different wavelengths (one from the OPO and one from the pump laser), are discussed as a novel experimental technique to study carrier trapping into quantum wells.     

Inverted organic solar cells comprising low-temperature-processed ZnO films

Inverted organic solar cells are fabricated using low-temperature-annealed ZnO film as an electron transport layer. Uniform ZnO films were prepared by spin coating a diethylzinc (DEZ) precursor solution in air, followed by annealing at 100 °C. Organic solar cells prepared on these ZnO films with a 1:1 P3HT:PCBM blend as the active layer show a high power conversion efficiency of 4.03 %, which is more than 10 % higher than the PCE of solar cells comprising ZnO prepared via a high-temperature sol–gel route.     

Molecular Ions of Transient Species: Vinylamine-Cation

Vinylamine 1 was prepared by thermolysis of cyclobutylamine and its photoelectron spectrum was measured. I = 8.20 eV and I = 8.65 eV were found, the dominant vibrational progression (? = 725 cm^?1) indicating that in the course of 1(X)→1 ⁺( X? ) flattening around the N-atom occurs. The Franck-Condon profile of this band, however, suggests that a skeletal mode of ? ≈ 1400 cm^?1 (observed also in the iso-π-electronic systems vinyl-alcohol-cation and allyl radical) may also be excited. Comparison with the data for the isomer acetaldehyde-imine 2 and its cation s ⁺ shows that the isomer couple 1/2 constitutes a further notable example for a relative thermochemical stability inversion on going from the neutrals to the cations.     

Quadruple correlation functions and their application in double polarization experiments and in few-body problems

We define real functions which form a complete, orthogonal and rotational invariant basis for all problems depending on four directions. Their usefulness is demonstrated for processes of the type $\text{a}\text{+}\text{b}\text{→}\text{c}\text{+}\text{d}\text{,}\text{a}\text{+}\text{b}\text{→}\text{c}\text{+}\text{d}\text{,}\text{a}\text{+}\text{b}\text{→}\text{c}{}_1\text{, +}\text{c}{}_2\text{+}\text{d}$. The special case of all four directions in one plane has many applications too, e.g. in two- and three-body problems.     

Gegenbeispiele zur Interpolationstheorie der nuklearen und absolutsummierenden Operatoren

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Heavy-ion friction force from a gas-kinetic model

A friction force is derived from the two-body collisions of projectile nucleons with target nucleons in the overlap region of their densities. We treat the diffuse surfaces of the heavy ions as Fermi gases. A certain average of the resulting friction force turns put to be identical in structure with the phenomenological Tsang-Swiatecki linear force. In our approach, the strength coefficient of the latter force can be calculated from the free two-nucleon scattering cross section without adjustable parameters. We obtain a strength which agrees well with the value found by Siwek-Wilczyńska and Wilczyński from an empirical fit.