On vibrating strings and information theory

The problem addressed in concreto is the relation of information provided by vibrating strings to that provided by systems describable with equations of one degree of freedom. Whereas the mathematical physics of vibrating strings is based on the wave equation—a second-order differential equation of at least two degrees of freedom—a quantum model of information theory has only been considered for a mechanical system of one degree of freedom.     

Boundary layer growth on a magnetised circular cylinder

Résumé Dans le problème considéré, un cylindre parfaitement conducteur et magnetisé est mis en mouvement par impulsion dans un fluide visqueux incompressible et non-conducteur. On suppose de même qu'il y a un champ uniforme et magnétique imposé sur tout le champ d'écoulement. On demontre que la force du champ uniforme et magnétique et l'amplitude du champ normal initial à la surface solide jouent un rôle important dans la croissance de la couche limite sur le cylindre.     

Bulk and surface core level binding energies in the Pt80Fe20(111) alloy

Core level photoemission spectroscopy of the Pt 4f_7/2 level is used to investigate the surface and bulk Pt environments in the ordered catalytic alloy Pt₈₀Fe₂₀. The results obtained support a LEED model of Pt segregation to the surface. This implies the presence of two Pt surface sites.     

Thermodynamic study of a liquid crystal as a liquid phase in gas-liquid chromatography. II. A cholesteric liquid crystal.

Gas-liquid chromatography is utilized for the determination of thermodynamic solution parameters for various organic solutes at infinite dilution in the meso- and isotropic phases of cholesteryl palmitate. The thermodynamic data and trends in values of the activity coefficients for the solutes are discussed in relation to their structure and to the orientations of the liquid crystal.