Über die durch Bewegung eines Streifens erzeugbaren Flächen

Ohne ZusammenfassungHerrnJosef L. Krames zum 70. Geburtstag, am 7. Oktober 1967 gewidmet     

Spallation neutron production and the current intra-nuclear cascade and transport codes

A recent renascent interest in energetic proton-induced production of neutrons originates largely from the inception of projects for target stations of intense spallation neutron sources, like the planned European Spallation Source (ESS), accelerator-driven nuclear reactors, nuclear waste transmutation, and also from the application for radioactive beams. In the framework of such a neutron production, of major importance is the search for ways for the most efficient conversion of the primary beam energy into neutron production. Although the issue has been quite successfully addressed experimentally by varying the incident proton energy for various target materials and by covering a huge collection of different target geometries --providing an exhaustive matrix of benchmark data-- the ultimate challenge is to increase the predictive power of transport codes currently on the market. To scrutinize these codes, calculations of reaction cross-sections, hadronic interaction lengths, average neutron multiplicities, neutron multiplicity and energy distributions, and the development of hadronic showers are confronted with recent experimental data of the NESSI collaboration. Program packages like HERMES, LCS or MCNPX master the prevision of reaction cross-sections, hadronic interaction lengths, averaged neutron multiplicities and neutron multiplicity distributions in thick and thin targets for a wide spectrum of incident proton energies, geometrical shapes and materials of the target generally within less than 10% deviation, while production cross-section measurements for light charged particles on thin targets point out that appreciable distinctions exist within these models. Received: 22 May 2001 / Accepted: 3 September 2001     

On a Zero-Sum Generalization of a Variation of Schur’s Equation

Let be a positive integer, and let denote the cyclic group of residues modulo m. Furthermore, let denote the minimum integer N such that for every function there exist m integers satisfying and (and ). It is shown that for every odd prime m. Daniel Schaal: Partially supported by a South Dakota Governor’s 2010 Individual Research Seed Grant.     

Plasmon-enhanced electron acceleration in intense laser metal-cluster interactions

We have measured the energy and angular-resolved electron emission from medium-sized silver clusters (N approximately 500-2000) exposed to dual laser pulses of moderate intensity (I approximately (10(13-14) W/cm2). When the second pulse excites the plasmon resonantly, we observe enhanced emission along the laser polarization axis. The asymmetry of the electron spectrum is strongly increasing with electron energy. Semiclassical simulations reveal the following mechanism: Electrons bound in highly excited states can leave, return to, and traverse the cluster. Those electrons that return at zero plasmon deflection and traverse the cluster during a favorable plasmon half-cycle can experience maximum acceleration by the evolving polarization field. As a result of these constraints energetic electrons are emitted in direction of the laser polarization axis in subcycle bursts.     

Dispersion in Cylindrical Waveguides with Uncertain Parameters

In order to localize cracks in cylindrical structures using guided waves, precise knowledge of the wave speeds is crucial. Instead of basing calculations on crisp parameters, for this Structural Health Monitoring application, uncertainty in parameters is handled by representing parameters as fuzzy numbers and applying the Transformation Method. For calculating dispersion curves, the Waveguide Finite Element Method is used for each parameter set. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Effect of spatial heterogeneity on level of rejuvenation in Ni80P20 metallic glass

Understanding the relation between spatial heterogeneity and structural rejuvenation is one of the hottest topics in the field of metallic glasses (MGs). In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is implemented to discover the effects of initial spatial heterogeneity on the level of rejuvenation in the Ni$_{80}$P$_{20 }$MGs. For this purpose, the samples are prepared with cooling rates of $10^{10}$ K/s-$10^{12}$ K/s to make glassy alloys with different atomic configurations. Firstly, it is found that the increase in the cooling rate leads the Gaussian-type shear modulus distribution to widen, indicating the aggregations in both elastically soft and hard regions. After the primary evaluations, the elastostatic loading is also used to transform structural rejuvenation into the atomic configurations. The results indicate that the sample with intermediate structural heterogeneity prepared with 10$^{11}$ K/s exhibits the maximum structural rejuvenation which is due to the fact that the atomic configuration in an intermediate structure contains more potential sites for generating the maximum atomic rearrangement and loosely packed regions under an external excitation. The features of atomic rearrangement and structural changes under the rejuvenation process are discussed in detail.     

Zur Perspektiven Zerlegung und Fixpunktkonstruktion der Affinitäten vonA n (K)

Ohne ZusammenfassungHerrn M. Barner zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet     

Über die Böschungslinien auf Paraboloiden und Zylindern

Ohne ZusammenfassungHerrn Prof. Dr. K. Strubecker zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet     

High-speed optimization of inhibitors of the malarial proteases plasmepsin I and II

Four focused libraries targeted for inhibition of the malarial proteases plasmepsin I and II were designed, synthesized, purified, and screened. Selected carboxylic acids and organometallic reactants with diverse physical properties were attached to the hydroxylethylamine scaffold in the P3 and P1' positions to furnish inhibitors with highly improved activity. The concept of controlled and sequential microwave heating was employed for rapid library generation. This combinatorial optimization protocol afforded plasmepsin inhibitors not only with K(i) values in the low nanomolar range, but also with high selectivity versus the human protease cathepsin D. With this class of inhibitory agents, modifications of the P1' substituents resulted in the largest impact on the plasmepsin/cathepsin D selectivity.     

A study of some parameters relevant to the response of harwell PMMA dosimeters to gamma and electron irradiation

The effects on the radiation response of Harwell polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) dosimeters of dose-rate, radiation type, temperature during irradiation and post-irradiation storage, and post-irradiation stability, are of importance to the operators of commercial irradiation facilities.

This paper describes recent studies of the effects of some of these parameters on the radiation response of Harwell Red 4034, Amber 3042, and Gammachrome YR Perspex dosimeters, and provides data on batch to batch variation and shelf-life.