Oxide-free etching of (100) InP surfaces

We report several combinations of chemical preparation procedures for selective cleaning of InP (100) surfaces in connection with storage procedures. A complex of analytical methods was used to get information about the surface state, the morphology, and the perfection of the surface. Using a standard etch procedure developed by KURTH et al. a post-deoxidation by small concentrated HF or HNO₃ is sufficient to get oxide-free, clean InP (100) surfaces even after a storage in methanol for some hours.     

Effects of nonuniform illumination on implosion asymmetry in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion

Target areal density (rhoR) asymmetries in OMEGA direct-drive spherical implosions are studied. The rms variation / for low-mode-number structure is approximately proportional to the rms variation of on-target laser intensity / with an amplification factor of approximately 1/2(C(r)-1), where C(r) is the capsule convergence ratio. This result has critical implications for future work on the National Ignition Facility as well as OMEGA.     

Low temperature survival of slender naiad (Najas flexilis) seeds

The response to drying and storage at -20 degrees C or in liquid nitrogen was studied in seeds of the freshwater aquatic plant Najas flexilis. The seeds of this species show some desiccation sensitivity, although post-harvest storage in water at 16 degrees C resulted in improvements in desiccation tolerance. There was 63% germination of seeds dried to 9.5% moisture content (30% RH) following this maturation period. Optimum moisture contents for seeds stored at -20 degrees C for 3 months and in liquid nitrogen for 1 week were ~11% and ~15%, respectively.     

Progress in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion research at the laboratory for laser energetics

Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is expected to demonstrate high gain on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the next decade and is a leading candidate for inertial fusion energy production. The demonstration of high areal densities in hydrodynamically scaled cryogenic DT or D₂ implosions with neutron yields that are a significant fraction of the “clean” 1-D predictions will validate the ignition-equivalent direct-drive target performance on the OMEGA laser at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE). This paper highlights the recent experimental and theoretical progress leading toward achieving this validation in the next few years. The NIF will initially be configured for X-ray drive and with no beams placed at the target equator to provide a symmetric irradiation of a direct-drive capsule. LLE is developing the “polar-direct-drive” (PDD) approach that repoints beams toward the target equator. Initial 2-D simulations have shown ignition. A unique “Saturn-like” plastic ring around the equator refracts the laser light incident near the equator toward the target, improving the drive uniformity. LLE is currently constructing the multibeam, 2.6-kJ/beam, petawatt laser system OMEGA EP. Integrated fast-ignition experiments, combining the OMEGA EP and OMEGA Laser Systems, will begin in FY08.     

Investigation into the rotational bands of ~(185)Pt with the particle-rotor model

Theoretical calculations have been performed for the ν9/2+[624](i13/2) and ν7/2-[503](f7/2) bands of 185Pt in the framework of particle-rotor model. The band properties of signature splitting and configuration mixing have been analyzed. The level energy and signature splitting before the band crossing can be well interpreted by introducing triaxiality. The positive-parity yrast band is pro posed to be dominated by the ν9/2+[624](i13/2) component, while the negative-parity band shows strong mixing of ν7/2-[5...     

Classification of monoids by injectivities II. CC-injectivity

We characterize monoids over which all S-acts are CC-injective and find conditions under which CC-injectivity of all acts implies that all acts are C-injective. Research of X. Zhang supported by the China Scholarship Council No. 2006101056. Research of Y. Chen supported by the NNSF of China (No. 10771077) and the NSF of Guangdong Province (No. 06025062).     

Endomorphisms of graphs II. Various unretractive graphs

In this part of the article we investigate graphs for which different endomorphism monoids coincide. We consider endomorphisms, strong endomorphisms and automorphisms. Coincidences are investigated for joins of graphs and some lexicographic products. In an additional section the graphs with the respective properties are listed up to 8 vertices in two cases and up to 5 vertices in the remaining case.