High-precision measurement of π−p elastic scattering in a wide angular range at incident momenta between 2.06 and 3.48 GeV/c

We have measured the differential cross section for π^?p elastic scattering at eight incident momenta, 2.06, 2.26, 2.45, 2.65, 2.86, 3.05, 3.26 and 3.48 GeV/c, in a wide range of c.m. scattering angle between 15° and 160°. A pronounced dip-bump structure has been found at large angles. Details of the structure are quantitatively described as functions of the incident momentum.     

Analytic study of chaos of the tent map: Band structures,power spectra,and critical behaviors

Chaotic behaviors of the tent map (a piecewise-linear, continuous map with a unique maximum) are studied analytically throughout its chaotic region in terms of the invariant density and the power spectrum. As the height of the maximum is lowered, successive band-splitting transitions occur in the chaotic region and accumulate to the transition point into the nonchaotic region. The timecorrelation function of nonperiodic orbits and their power spectrum are calculated exactly at the band-splitting points and in the vicinity of these points. The method of eigenvalue problems of the Frobenius-Perron operator is used. 2 ^m?1 critical modes, wherem = 1,2, 3, ..., are found which exhibit the critical slowing-down near the 2 ^m?1-band to 2 ^m -band transition point. After the transition these modes become periodic modes which represent the cycling of nonperiodic orbits among 2 ^m bands together with the periodic modes generated by the preceding band splittings. Scaling laws near the transition point into the nonchaotic region are investigated and a new scaling law is found for the total intensity of the periodic part of the spectrum.     

Polarized target asymmetry in π+ photoproduction between 0.3 and 1.0 GeV at 130°

The polarized target asymmetry in the reaction γp → π⁺n has been measured at c.m. angles around 130° for photon energies between 0.3 and 1.0 GeV by detecting the π⁺ only. The asymmetry is compared with recent analyses.     

The absolute amplitude of the de Haas van Alphen effect in nickel

Measurements are reported for the absolute amplitude of the de Haas-van Alphen effect due to the neck in the FS of nickel along [111] using the field modulation technique. The results show that the amplitude can be adequately calculated using the Lifshitz-Kosevich theory, independent of the conduction electron g-factor.     

DFT study on chemical N2 fixation by using a cubane-type RuIr3S4 cluster: energy profile for binding and reduction of N2 to ammonia via Ru-N-NHx (x = 1-3) intermediates with unique structures

The N-N bond activation of the dinitrogen ligand in the cubane-type mixed-metal sulfido cluster, [(Cp*Ir) 3{Ru(tmeda)(N 2)}(mu 3-S) 4] (tmeda = Me 2NCH 2CH 2NMe 2), is investigated by using DFT calculations at the B3LYP level of theory. The elongated N-N bond distance, red-shifted N-N stretching, and negatively charged N 2 ligand indicate that the dinitrogen is reductively activated by complexation. The degree of the N-N bond activation is classified into the "moderately activated" category, [ Studt, F. ; Tuczek, F. J. Comput. Chem. 2006, 27, 1278 ] as in the Mo-triamidoamine complex that can catalyze N 2 reduction [ Yandulov, D. V. ; Schrock, R. R. Science 2003, 301, 76 ]. Availability of the RuIr 3S 4 cluster as a catalyst for N 2 reduction is discussed by optimizing possible intermediates in a catalytic cycle analogous to that proposed by Yandulov and Schrock. A calculated energy profile of the catalytic cycle demonstrates that the RuIr 3S 4 cluster can transform dinitrogen into ammonia in the presence of lutidinium cation and Cp* 2Co as proton and electron sources, respectively. The RuIr 3S 4 clusters with an NNH x ( x = 1-3) ligand, which are intermediates in the catalytic cycle, have a significantly bent Ru-N-N linkage, although precedent NNH x complexes generally adopt a linear M-N-N array. The unique structures of the nitrogenous ligands in these intermediates are interpreted in terms of the bonding interaction between the hydrogen atom bonded to the N 2 ligand and the adjacent iridium atom in the cuboidal RuIr 3S 4 framework.