Exponential stability for time dependent potentials

For a classical Hamiltonian system on a torus defined by a time dependent, bounded and analytic potential we establish global and quantitative bounds for the solutions over an exponentially long interval of time by using techniques which go back to Nekhoroshev.     

Search for the two-photon decay of a light penetrating particle from a 590 MeV proton beam dump

A search was performed for the two-photon decay of a light penetrating particle (e.g. an axion) produced in the dump of the 590 MeV proton beam of the Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research (SIN). The apparatus was situated behind the beam dump and 8 m of iron-concrete shielding. The detector consisted of two counter triggered optical spark chambers placed 2m apart. Photons were converted in a lead foil at the entrance of either spark chamber. From connecting the conversion points in the two modules the primary particle direction is determined to 1 degree (rms). The apparatus was exposed to 518 coulomb of protons. No two-photon decay signal was found in excess of the background, which was measured during almost 1000 h with beam off, and which was well reproduced by Monte Carlo simulations of cosmic ray gamma radiation. This null result places restrictive limits on the production and the decay of axions and similar particles.     

A general model for power dissipation by domain wall movement in thin ferromagnetic films

In this work we present a model for magnetic domain wall (DW) dynamics in metallic ferromagnets with uniaxial anisotropy. The model allows us to consider both viscous and eddy current dampings. While the latter mechanism involves only one degree of freedom — the coordinate of the DW, the former involves all degrees of freedom of the spins in magnetic domains and in DW’s. The structure of the DW itself must then be considered, the conjecture used allowing one to describe the spin precessions which may appear in low quality factor Q materials. The model built is nonlinear, allowing one to deal with the set of complex susceptibilities characterizing the response to an ac drive field in strongly nonlinear circumstances, and has a general character, due to the normalized quantities used. In this work we analyze the susceptibility and the dissipated power spectra as functions of a dc transversal field, which can be treated only by this kind of models. We show that the viscous damping can become comparable to eddy current damping when precessions are excited.     

Präparative Darstellung von μ-Disauerstoff-bis-kobalt(II)-Chelaten

Binuclear cobalt chelates with O₂ as bridging ligand have been prepared, using ethylenediamine, triethylenetetramine, tetraethylenepentamine and tris-(2-aminoethyl)-amine as chelating agents and SCN^? and ClO₄^? as anions. They form well characterized crystals which give off molecular oxygen spontaneously in acid solution and, except in the case of the cobalt tetra-ethylenepentamine chelate, reveal the general composition [(Z)Co · μ(O₂, OH) · Co(Z)]X₃, where Z represents the polydentate complexing agents and X the anion. In the presence of ammonia different complexes are produced, in which NH₃ occupies one coordination site of each cobalt, replacing the hydroxo bridge.     

Synthesis of 4′-C-Acylated Thymidines

Two synthetic pathways towards 4′-C-acylthymidines are presented. These modified mononucleosides are precursors of the 2′-deoxyribonucleotide 4′-C-radical. They were converted into their corresponding 3′-O-[(2-cyanoethyl) N,N-diisopropylphosphoramidites] 3a–c and incorporated in oligonucleotides by solid-phase synthesis. The structure of some modified nucleosides was revealed by X-ray crystal-structure analysis.     

Beryllium dimer,a critical test case of MBPT and CI methods

The ground-state potential curve for the beryllium dimer is calculated as a critical test case for methods based on many-body perturbation theory (MBPT ) and configuration interaction (CI ). In particular, the recently proposed double excitation (DE ) MBPT method is compared to the standard SCF-CI method including single and double excitations from a single reference determinant. The SCF-CI method is shown to give surprisingly accurate results compared to more complete CI calculations including a larger configuration space, whereas the DE-MBPT method breaks down more or less completely, particularly for larger basis sets. The results thus demonstrate the importance of including the renormalization terms in this case. Finally, Davidson's correction and related methods lead to an even more severe breakdown than the DE-MBPT method.