On the phase-transition in anthracene induced by high pressure

The crystallographic structure of anthracene is studied under high pressure up to 27 GPa using diamond anvil cells. Different pressure-transmitting media (helium, a methanol-ethanol mixture, a normal- and iso-pentane mixture and no medium) were used up to specific critical pressures where the hydrostatic conditions are lost. It is clearly observed that the loss of hydrostaticity is associated with a crystallographic phase-transition in anthracene. The phase-transition is observed as reversible, and it is accompanied by a large hysteresis. These observations clarify conflicting reports in the literature on the high-pressure phase-transition of anthracene.     

Pattern Classification by Linear Goal Programming and its Extensions

Pattern classification is one of the main themes in pattern recognition, and has been tackled by several methods such as the statistic one, artificial neural networks, mathematical programming and so on. Among them, the multi-surface method proposed by Mangasarian is very attractive, because it can provide an exact discrimination function even for highly nonlinear problems without any assumption on the data distribution. However, the method often causes many slits on the discrimination curve. In other words, the piecewise linear discrimination curve is sometimes too complex resulting in a poor generalization ability. In this paper, several trials in order to overcome the difficulties of the multi-surface method are suggested. One of them is the utilization of goal programming in which the auxiliary linear programming problem is formulated as a goal programming in order to get as simple discrimination curves as possible. Another one is to apply fuzzy programming by which we can get fuzzy discrimination curves with gray zones. In addition, it will be shown that using the suggested methods, the additional learning can be easily made. These features of the methods make the discrimination more realistic. The effectiveness of the methods is shown on the basis of some applications.     

Disappearance of the resistivity minimum under high pressure in antiferromagnetic Cr-4.0 at.% Co alloy

The resistivity minimum in Cr-4.0 at.% Co alloy is found to deepenfirst with pressure up to 6.2 kbar and to shallow rapidly to vanish at about 17 kbar. The pressure coefficient of the Néel temperature is also found to change near 5 kbar. It is suggested that the transition from the commensurate spin density wave to the incommensurate spin density wave state occurs under high pressure, which seems to cause the disappearance of the resistivity minimum.