Desorption of hydrogen from an electrode surface under influence of an external magnetic field – In-situ microscopic observations

The effect of a magnetic field in the perpendicular-to-electrode configuration on the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was investigated during the deposition of Co. An enhanced desorption of hydrogen in the form of numerous small bubbles was found by combining potentiostatic investigations, coupled with an electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM), and simultaneous microscopic observations of the electrode surface. The results are consistent with the recently proposed qualitative model [J.A. Koza, M. Uhlemann, A. Gebert, L. Schultz, Electrochem. Commun. 10 (2008) 1330].     

Re-evaluation of the LHC potential for the measurement of <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">W</Emphasis></Subscript>

We present a study of the LHC sensitivity to the W boson mass based on simulation studies. We find that both experimental and phenomenological sources of systematic uncertainties can be strongly constrained with Z measurements: the lineshape, dσ _Z /dm, is robustly predicted, and its analysis provides an accurate measurement of the detector resolution and absolute scale, while the differential cross-section analysis, d² σ _Z /dydp _T , absorbs the strong interaction uncertainties. A sensitivity δ m _W ∼7 MeV for each decay channel (W→e ν, W→μ ν), and for an integrated luminosity of 10 fb⁻¹, appears as a reasonable goal.     

Backward error measures for roots of polynomials

Numerical Algorithms - We analyze different measures for the backward error of a set of numerical approximations for the roots of a polynomial. We focus mainly on the element-wise mixed backward...     

Biphenomycin B and Derivatives: Total Synthesis and Translation Inhibition

A full account on the synthesis of the antibiotic natural product biphenomycin B and several derivatives is reported, which employs a Suzuki coupling reaction of a free carboxylic acid and macrolactam formation as key transformations. Liberal exchange of the central amino acid was demonstrated. This procedure gave derivatives to study the influence of the polar side chain of the central amino acids on translation inhibition.     

The value of a fallback option

Central European Journal of Operations Research - Fallback options are relatively common in the business context. If for example a firm fails to acquire a certain target firm—a first-best...