Detection limits and surface interactions in quantitative negative chemical-ionization mass spectrometry Ultratrace determination of metals and organic compounds by means of their complexes

Details are given of a selective negative-ion mass-spectrometric method appropriate for the ultratrace determination of metals and organic compounds by means of their complexes. Direct introduction of the sample into the ion-source, attachment of low-energy electrons, and selected-ion monitoring are described, and comparative data are given relating to surface effects at the tips of insertion-probes on detection limits. Detection limits for chromium and cobalt, determined as their tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dione) chelates, were respectively 1.0 and 0.16 pg, and that for nickel [as its bis(N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate) complex] was 1.0 pg. Detection limits of 2.0 and 1.0 ng are attainable for malathion and ethion by measurement of the nickel(II) complexes of their O,O'-dialkyldithiophosphate hydrolysis products.     

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Highly resolved fluid flows: "liquid plasmas" at the kinetic level

Fluid flow around an obstacle was observed at the kinetic (individual particle) level using "complex (dusty) plasmas" in their liquid state. These "liquid plasmas" have bulk properties similar to water (e.g., viscosity), and a comparison in terms of similarity parameters suggests that they can provide a unique tool to model classical fluids. This allows us to study "nanofluidics" at the most elementary-the particle-level, including the transition from fluid behavior to purely kinetic transport. In this (first) experimental investigation we describe the kinetic flow topology, discuss our observations in terms of fluid theories, and follow this up with numerical simulations.     

Quantum Hall Quantized Cyclotron Entrance Channels

Quantum Hall plateaus are entered via quantized cyclotron (QC) cloud-chamber orbits that have Landau-level (LL) energies and uniquely-defined angular momenta. The conservation of angular momentum in the quantum Hall system requires both canonical and magnetic angular momentum components, which add together to form the invariant kinematic angular momentum. The only LL radial eigenfunctions that satisfy the conservation-law requirements of the QC to LL transition are the u _n,l eigenstates u _n,2n+1, where n = 0, 1, 2, .... These same eigenstates uniquely have the correct scaled sizes to tile the observed families of = 1/(2n + 1) Hall plateaus. Quantum Hall plateau formation is a direct consequence of this tiling.     

Concentration of higher dimensional entanglement: qutrits of photon orbital angular momentum

Enhancement of entanglement is necessary for most quantum communication protocols many of which are defined in Hilbert spaces larger than 2. In this work we present the experimental realization of entanglement concentration of orbital angular momentum entangled photons. We investigate the specific case of three dimensions and the possibility of generating different entangled states out of an initial state. The results presented here are of importance for pure states as well as for mixed states.     

A Semigroup Approach to Boundary Feedback Systems

In this paper we convert a (linear abstract) initial boundary value problem into an abstract Cauchy problem on some product space and use semigroup methods to solve it. In particular, we apply spectral theory in order to discuss stability under boundary feedback.     

Bi-Invariant Domains in Semisimple Groups: Nonprincipal Orbits and Boundaries

Let G be a complex semisimple group with real form G . For the action of G × G on G by left and right translation, we define and study an orbit-type stratification of G. In particular, we compute the dimension of an arbitrary stratum; we identify certain strata of low codimension in G, the union of whose closures contains every nonprincipal stratum; and we describe the boundaries and adjacency relations of the maximal connected domains in G that contain only principal orbits.