Acoustic peak of peotons in a solid plate

The low-frequency component of the acoustic pulse excited in a thin solid plate by interaction with a dense proton beam is investigated. Good agreement between experiment and theory is obtained in the vicinity of the peak of the acoustic signal.     

Photoproduction of neutrino pairs on an electron in a magnetic field

The spectral-angular and spectral distributions of the probability of photoproduction of neutrino pairs on an electron in a magnetic field are calculated. The dependence of the probability of this process on the magnetic-field strength, the orientation of the electron spin in the initial and final states, and also on the direction of the circular polarization of the wave is investigated.     

Aromaticity and tautomerism—VII: Empirical resonance energy and conjugation energy of pyrazole and isoxazole from heats of dehydration data

The dehydration of various 4,5-dihydro-4- and -5-hydroxy derivatives of pyrazole and isoxazole has been investigated. Heats of dehydration of 4,5-duiydro-4-hydroxy-1,3,5-tripbenylpyrazole and 4,5-dihydro-5-hydroxy-isoxazole are evaluated and used to assess the empirical resonance energy and conjugation energy of pyrazole and isoxazole. The former possesses resonance stabilisation comparable to pyrrole but that of the latter is low.     

Thermal characterization of hair using TG-MS combined thermoanalytical technique

Four amino acids and four different hair samples were studied in order to get information about the decomposition of human hair, using combined (TG-MS) and DSC techniques. The thermal stability of the investigated amino acid samples was different. Since they contain identical functional groups (-NH₂, -COOH) some common mass/charge units were identified. However, due to their different chemical composition remarkable differences have also been obtained. The results of the investigation of the amino acids were helpful to study the thermal fragmentation of the hair samples. In our experiments, the effect of the heating rates was also studied. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.