Compressibility measurements of quasi-one-dimensional quantum wires

We report measurements of the compressibility of a one-dimensional quantum wire, defined in the upper well of a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum well heterostructure. A wire defined simultaneously in the lower well probes the ability of the upper wire to screen the electric field from a biased surface gate. The technique is sensitive enough to resolve spin splitting of the subbands in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. We measure a compressibility signal due to the 0.7 structure and study its evolution with increasing temperature and magnetic field. We see no evidence of the formation of the quasibound state predicted by the Kondo model, instead our data are consistent with theories which predict that the 0.7 structure arises as a result of spontaneous spin polarization.     

Ionische Polymerisation von p-Methoxystyrol und anderen Styrolderivaten mittels Strahlung

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Polarization transfer between oriented metastable helium atoms and neon atoms: A comparison of even and odd isotopes

Collision-induced polarization transfer from optically pumped helium to excited states of neon is studied using various combination of even and odd isotopes. It is found that, within our experimental accuracy of 10%, the resultant polarization is independent of the isotopic composition of the binary mixture. Possible applications using this mechanism are discussed.     

The 15N(p, α)12C reaction with polarized protons from 0.34 to 1.21 MeV

A polarized beam was used to measure angular distributions of the analyzing power of the ¹⁵N(p, α)C reaction at 0.34 MeV and at five energies from 0.92 to 1.21 MeV. The analyzing power can be fitted with associated Legendre polynomials, P₁¹ and P¹₂ sufficing to describe the results except near 1.2 MeV where P₃¹ is also required. Polarization excitation functions were measured throughout the entire energy range at angles where the polynomials P¹₂ and P¹₃ are zero. A polarization contour map is given.