A coupled-channels treatment of the positive-parity resonances in4He

The coupled-channels formalism, which has been previously applied successfully to interpret the negative-parity resonances in⁴He, has now been extended to the positiveparity 2?ω resonances in this system. The 1p-1h approach has been modified to include coupling to the 2p-2h configurations, which also belong to 2?ω excitations, by using the effective operator formalism. The effect of the Pauli term in thes-wave channel is examined and is found to be important in reproducing the 0⁺,T=0 resonance energy and width. Resonances with spins up toJ ^π=3⁺ have been studied, and the agreement with available data is satisfactory. In particular, from the good fit to the asymmetry coefficientβ(E), one establishes the presence of a 2⁺,T=0 resonance around 35-MeV excitation in the system.     

General semi-classical method for collective motion and its connection with the Rowe-Basserman and marumori theories,and adiabatic limits

In recent work, we have shown that in the adiabatic limit (large amplitude, small momentum), time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory (TDHF) yields a well-defined theory of large-amplitude collective motion which provides an essentially unique construction for a collective hamiltonian. An alternative theory, put forward by Rowe and Basserman and by Marumori is, apparently, not restricted to small momenta. We describe a general framework for the study of collective motion in the semi-classical limit without limitation on the size of coordinates or momenta, which includes all previous methods as limiting cases. We find it convenient, as in the past, to consider two general systems: first, a system with n degrees of freedom and no special permutation symmetry, and, second, a system of fermions described in TDHF. For both systems the problem can be formulated as a search for a hamiltonian flow confined to a finite-dimensional hypersurface in a phase space, which itself may be finite- or infinite-dimensional. Though, in general, there are no exact solutions to this problem, we can formulate consistent approximation schemes corresponding to both the adiabatic and Rowe-Basserman, and Marumori limits. We also show how to extend the momentum expansion, which underlies the adiabatic approximation, to higher orders in the momentum. We thereby confirm the structure of the theory found in our previous work.     

Effect of interference between anisotropic scattering entities on light scattering from polymer films. II. The correlation function approach

A theory is developed by use of the correlation function approach for calculating both the H_v and V_v intensity of scattered light for a concentrated assembly of spherulities. The scattering becomes a function of the radial and tangential polarizabilities of the spherulite α_r and α_t, the polarizability α_m of the medium, surrounding the spherulites, and the volume fraction ?_s of spherulites. The “effective polarizability of the surroundings” α_s, which appeared in previous theories, becomes function of these variables. The theory can explain, for example, why the V_v scattered intensity passes through a maximum during the course of crystallization.     

Isomeric yield ratios in the photoproduction of 52m,gMn from natural iron using 50-, 60-, 70-MeV, and 2.5-GeV bremsstrahlung

The isomeric yield ratios for the ^natFe(γ,xn1p)^52m,gMn reactions have been measured by the activation and the γ-ray spectroscopic methods at 50-, 60-, 70-MeV, and 2.5-GeV bremsstrahlung energies. The high purity natural iron foils in disc shape were irradiated with uncollimated bremsstrahlung beams of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory. The induced activities in the irradiated foils were measured by the high-resolution γ-ray spectrometry with a calibrated high-purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. In order to improve the accuracy of the experimental results the necessary corrections were made in the gamma activity measurements and data analysis. The obtained isomeric yield ratios for the ^natFe(γ,xn1p)^52m,gMn reactions at 50-, 60-, 70-MeV, and 2.5-GeV bremsstrahlung energies are 0.27 ± 0.03, 0.33 ± 0.04, 0.34 ± 0.04, and 1.25 ± 0.15, respectively. The present results at 50-, 60-MeV, and 2.5-GeV bremsstrahlung energies are the first measurements. We found that the isomeric yield ratio of the ^natFe(γ,xn1p)^52m,gMn reaction depends on the incident bremsstrahlung energy and the mass difference between the product and the target nucleus when we compared the present results with other experimental data at different energies.     

Critical oscillation constant for half-linear differential equations with periodic coefficients

We compute explicitly the oscillation constant for certain half-linear second-order differential equations involving periodic coefficients. If these periodic functions are constants, our results reduce to the well-known oscillation constants for half-linear Euler and Riemann–Weber differential equations.     

Electrochemical Activation of Sulfur-Synthesis of Organic Mono and Trisulfides with a Sacrificial Carbon-Sulfur Anode

Abstract

The electrooxidation of sulfur in organic solvents leads to the formation of the cationic species S²⁺ Macroscale electrolyses are carried out with a sacrificial carbon-sulfur anode. S²⁺ can react either with aromatics to give monosulfides by electrophilic substitution, or with nucleophiles, thiols for example, to give trisulfides.     

Measurement of isomeric yield ratios for the <Superscript>110</Superscript>Pd(γ,n)<Superscript>109m,g</Superscript>Pd reaction

We measured the isomeric yield ratios for the ¹¹⁰Pd(γ,n)^109m,gPd reaction by the activation method with the bremsstrahlung endpoint energies of 50-, 55-, 60-, 65-, and 70-MeV generated from an electron linear accelerator of Pohang accelerator laboratory. The induced γ-activities of the irradiated palladium foils were measured by a coaxial high purity germanium detector coupled to a PC-based multi-channel analyzer. The necessary corrections were made to improve the accuracy of the γ-activity measurements. The present experimental results measured with bremsstrahlung endpoint energies of 50-, 55-, 60-, 65-, and 70-MeV are 0.108 ± 0.007; 0.118 ± 0.008; 0.118 ± 0.007; 0.120 ± 0.008; 0.119 ± 0.008, respectively. The obtained results are compared with those existing in literature.