Experiments on the search for the effect of resonant screening on the probability of Mössbauer absorption of <Superscript>119<Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Superscript>Sn gamma rays

Experiments on the search for the effect of resonant screening on the Mössbauer absorption of ^119m Sn γ rays of energy 23.8 keV emitted by a standard Mössbauer Ca^119m SnO₃ γ source in the resonant SnO₂ absorber of natural isotopic composition are described. Intensities of tin γ rays and X-rays that passed through the absorber were measured with and without a resonant cylindrical screen (which was a black absorber for the 23.8-keV Mössbauer γ line) around the absorber and their ratios were calculated for each radiation separately. No difference beyond the experimental error was found between these ratios measured with the γ source both at rest and when oscillating with a frequency and amplitude enough to completely break the conditions for Mössbauer resonant absorption of 23.8-keV γ rays. The upper limit for the relative decrease, due to the influence of the resonant screen, in the intensities of these γ rays after their passing through the resonant absorber was 0.00030.     

Highly asymmetric soliton complexes in parabolic optical lattices

We introduce multipole soliton complexes in optical lattices induced by nondiffracting parabolic beams. Despite the symmetry breaking dictated by the curvature of the lattice channels, we find that complex, asymmetric higher-order states can be stable. The unique topology of parabolic lattices affords new types of soliton motion: single solitons launched into the lattice with nonzero transverse momentum perform periodic oscillations along parabolic paths.     

Power-dependent shaping of vortex solitons in optical lattices with spatially modulated nonlinear refractive index

We address vortex solitons supported by optical lattices featuring modulation of both the linear and nonlinear refractive indices. We find that when the modulation is out of phase the competition between both effects results in remarkable shape transformations of the solitons that profoundly affect their properties and stability. Nonlinear refractive index modulation is found to impose restrictions on the maximal power of off-site solitons, which are shown to be stable only below a maximum nonlinearity modulation depth.     

Application of Chemical Kinetics Methods to the Study of Iodonitrotetrazolium Chloride Reduction in the Presence of Bacillus subtilis Cells

It is demonstrated that the reduction of iodonitrotetrazolum chloride in the presence of a Bacillus subtilis suspension in a physiological solution can be described using chemical kinetics equations. The effective kinetic parameters are determined and the role of the diffusion of iodonitrotetrazolium chloride in the process of its reduction involving bacterial cell components is described.

     

Electron Microscopy in the Study of Lunar Regolith

Crystallography Reports - The results of long-term mineralogical studies of the lunar regolith, obtained using analytical scanning and transmission electron microscopy, are presented. These studies...     

Synthesis of a new thiocarbamate by the reaction of benzyl thiocyanate with camphene,catalyzed by heteropoly acids

The reaction of benzyl thiocyanate with camphene in the presence of heteropoly acids, 12-phosphotungstic and 12-silicotungstic, at 65 C was studied. S-Benzyl (1,7,7-trimethylnorbornyl)thiocarbamate was prepared in 66% yield.     

Solitons in complex optical lattices

We present an overview of our recent results in the area of soliton excitation and control in optical lattices induced by different types of nondiffracting beams featuring unique symmetries. Optical lattices offer the possibility to engineer and to control the diffraction of light beams in media with transversally modulated optical properties, to manage the corresponding reflection and transmission bands, and to form specially designed defects. Consequently, they afford the existence of a rich variety of new families of nonlinear stationary waves and solitons, lead to new rich dynamical phenomena, and offer novel conceptual opportunities for all-optical shaping, switching and routing of optical signals encoded in soliton formats. In this overview, we consider different types of solitons, including fundamental, multipole, and vortex solitons in reconfigurable lattices optically induced by nondiffracting radially symmetric and azimuthally modulated single Bessel beams, soliton control in networks, couplers, and switches induced by several mutually coherent or incoherent Bessel beams, we address soliton properties in three-dimensional Bessel lattices, as well as in lattices produced by Mathieu and parabolic optical beams.     

Absence of the resonant environment effect on the half-life of the <Superscript>119<Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Superscript>Sn isomer in the standard Mössbauer <Emphasis Type="Italic">γ</Emphasis>-ray source

Nine sets of measurements aimed at searching for the influence of resonant environment on the half-life of the ^109m Sn isomer have been performed during 14.7 months. The intensities of γ and X rays, emitted by two 261Mössbauer sources of identical design and size, were compared in these experiments. One of the sources was kept in the resonant environment of tin dioxide between measurements. No difference was found in the half-lives of ^119m Sn that would be beyond the experimental errors (0.35%).     

Observation of the gamma resonance of a long-lived <Superscript>109<Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Superscript>Ag isomer using a gravitational gamma-ray spectrometer

Experiments confirming the previous data on the small real width of the γ resonance of ^109m Ag have been performed with a gravitational gamma-ray spectrometer. The achieved resolution is eight orders of magnitude higher than that of Mössbauer spectrometers using gamma rays from a ⁵⁷Fe nuclide. The theoretically predicted broadening of the Mössbauer gamma line of ^109m Ag by five orders of magnitude (due to the dipole-dipole interaction between the magnetic moments of neighboring nuclei) has not been observed.     

Gap solitons supported by optical lattices in photorefractive crystals with asymmetric nonlocality

We address the impact of the asymmetric nonlocal diffusion nonlinearity of gap solitons supported by photorefractive crystals with an imprinted optical lattice. We reveal how the asymmetric nonlocal response alters the domains of existence and the stability of solitons originating from different gaps. We find that in such media gap solitons cease to exist above a threshold of the nonlocality degree. We discuss how the interplay between nonlocality and lattice strength modifies the gap soliton mobility.