A parallel implementation of the COLUMBUS multireference configuration interaction program

Summary In this work a parallel implementation of the COLUMBUS MRSDCI program system is presented. A coarse grain parallelization approach using message passing via the portable toolkit TCGMSG is used. The program is very well portable and runs on shared memory machines like the Cray Y-MP, Alliant FX/2800 or Convex C2 and on distributed memory machines like the iPSC/860. Further implementations on a network of workstations and on the Intel Touchstone Delta are in progress. Overall, results are quite satisfactory considering the complexity and the prodigious requirements, especially the I/O bandwidth, of MRCI programs in general. For our largest test case we obtain a speedup of a factor of 7.2 on an eight processor Cray Y-MP for that section of the program (hamiltonian matrix times trial vector product) which has been parallelized. The speedup for one complete diagonalization iteration amounts to 5.9. An absolute speed close to 1 GFLOPS is found. Results for the iPSC/860 show that ordinary disk I/O is certainly not sufficient in order to guarantee a satisfactory performance. As a solution for that problem, the implementation of a fully asynchronous distributed-memory model for certain data files is in preparation. On leave from: Bereich Informatik, Universität Leipzig, Augustusplatz 10/11, O-7010 Leipzig, Germany     

Beitrag zur direkten Sauerstoffbestimmung in organischen Verbindungen

Zusammenfassung Es wird über zehnjährige Erfahrungen mit der maßanalytischen Mikrobestimmung des Sauerstoffes nachUnterzaucher berichtet. Silikon-schlauchverbindungen dürfen nicht verwendet werden, da sie gasdurchlässig sind. Die Gesamtanalysenzeit kann durch Verwendung eines Klappbrenners auf 15 Minuten verkürzt werden. Die Möglichkeit, das vonEmich im Prinzip vorgeschlagene CO₂-Multiplikationsverfahren anzuwenden, wurde überprüft. Zur Endbestimmung wird für Routine-analysen dem jodometrischen Verfahren wegen seiner Schnelligkeit und Empfindlichkeit der Vorzug gegeben.

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Summary A report is given of 10 years of experiences with the volumetric micro determination of oxygen by theUnterzaucher procedure. Silicone tube connections must not be used since they are permeable to gases. The total analysis time can be shortened to 15 minutes by using a shutter burner. A study was made of the possibility of using the multiplication procedure that in principle was recommended byEmich. For routine analyses, it was found preferable to employ the iodometric method for the final measurement because of its rapidity and sensitivity.

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Résumé On donne un compte rendu sur des expériences effectuées depuis une dizaine d'années sur le microdosage volumétrique de l'oxygène d'aprèsUnterzaucher. Il ne faut pas employer pour ces expériences de tubes siliconés car ils sont perméables aux gaz. La durée totale d'une analyse peut être ramenée à 15 minutes en employant un brûleur à charnière. On a examiné la possibilité d'appliquer le procédé de multiplication de CO₂ préconisé dans le principe parEmich. Pour la détermination du point équivalent dans les analyses en série, on donne la préférence au procédé iodométrique en raison de sa rapidité et de sa sensibilité.

     

An Efficient Strategy to Orthogonally Protected (R)- and (S)-alpha-Methyl(alkyl)serine-Containing Peptides via a Novel Azlactone/Oxazoline Interconversion Reaction

A novel strategy for the synthesis of (R)- and (S)-alpha-methyl(alkyl)serine-containing peptides is presented. Using (S)-phenylalanine cyclohexylamide 6 as chiral auxiliary, the optically pure azlactones (R)- and (S)-2 were synthesized via a novel azlactone/oxazoline interconversion reaction (Figures 3 and 6). These azlactones constitute fully protected and activated synthetic equivalents of (R)- and (S)-alpha-methylserine and can be directly incorporated into peptides without further protective group manipulations. Like other alpha,alpha-dialkylated glycines, optically pure alpha-alkylserines can be used to stabilize beta-turn and alpha-helical conformations in short peptides.     

A multi-angle magnetic spectrograph for nuclear reaction studies

A multi-angle magnetic spectrograph for recording spectra of charged particles emitted in nuclear reactions has been built. The apparatus and the beam transport system are described and their parameters are discussed.     

Elastic scattering of α-particles on10B forEα = 5?50 MeV

Experimental data of the elastic scattering of-particles on¹⁰B forE = 30–50.6 MeV are presented. They are analysed together with the data of a previous measurement forE = 5–30 MeV in the frame of the optical model including spin-orbit coupling. The interaction radii of the-¹⁰B-systems are determined with the Inopin-Ericson model forE = 5–50 MeV. The mean free path of-particles in¹⁰B is calculated.