Neutron interferometry in gravitational field with torsion

We consider the possibility of finding experimental evidence of the fifth force with the measurement of a phase shift of neutron beams via an interferometric apparatus and also a possible rotation of the polarization plane of polarized neutron beams when torsion is introduced in a gravitational field.     

Account of Thermal Flow Through Metal-Semimetal BiSb Contact Boundary for Determination of EHF Detector Volt-Watt Sensitivity

Bismuth, antimony and its alloys are the typical representatives of a class of semimetals, which electric conductance is lower in 10²-10³ times, than of usual well conducting an electrical current metals. The alloys bismuth with antimony have semi-conductor properties in wide area of compositions at temperatures below 77 °K. The semimetals are rather perspective materials from the point of view of their probable application in various devices [1,2,3].In present time the semimetal alloys BiSb have wide application in thermoelectric generators and refrigerators. In work [3] the opportunity of use of semimetals BiSb with percentage content of Bi and Sb from 8 % up to 25 % was shown as high-sensitivity and of small inertion indicators of the mm range radiation where thermoelectric effect is used. The principle of action of such indicators is based on occurrence of temperature gradient in a semimetal crystal BiSb that has two contacts of the various area with flowing electrical current. Basic element of such device is the dot contact metal - semimetal. One of the main characteristics is volt-watt sensitivity of metal-semimetal BiSb contact which calculating is shown in present work.     

Symmetric normal wave spectrum in an orthotropic layer

A solution is constructed for an orthotropic layer with free plane faces, that corresponds to the plane elastic waves symmetric over the thickness. The dynamical reconstruction of the normal wave spectrum during rotation of the wave vector from one to another elastically equivalent direction is investigated on the basis of a numerical analysis of the dispersion equation.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 19, pp. 116–121, 1988.     

Simulation of the thermal fragmentation of fullerene C60

Defect formation and annealing processes in fullerene C₆₀ at T = (4000–6000) K are studied using molecular dynamics with a tight-binding potential. The cluster lifetime until fragmentation, which proceeds, as a rule, through the loss of a C₂ dimer, has been found as a function of temperature. The activation energy and the frequency factor in the Arrhenius equation for the fragmentation rate have been found to be E _a = (9.2 ± 0.4) eV and A = (8 ± 1) × 10¹⁹s^?1. It is shown that fragmentation can occur already after the C₆₀ cluster loses its spherical shape. This fact must be taken into account in theoretical calculations of E _a.     

Spectral-luminescent properties of water-alcohol solutions of coumarin derivatives with additions of lithium chloride

Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 965–969, June, 1991.     

Nonlinear magneto-optical diffraction by two-dimensional magnetic superstructures

Nonlinear (at the second-harmonic frequency of the incident light) optical reflection by two-dimensional magnetic superstructures is theoretically studied. A square lattice of magnetic dots and a hexagonal lattice of magnetic bubbles (cylindrical magnetic domains) are considered. Because the periods of these structures are comparable with the wavelengths of the fundamental and the second-harmonic radiation, it would be possible to observe diffraction at the second-harmonic frequency. A polarization analysis of nonlinearly diffracted radiation is performed and the numbers of observable diffraction orders for the above structures are estimated. Received: 10 January 2002 / Published online: 11 June 2002     

Determination of the similarities between a sample and the likeness of microparticle size distribution in a disperse system

A method is proposed for determining the similarities and differences between the experimental distribution of particles in a disperse system with respect to a significant feature-particle size (sample) and the corresponding distribution (likeness), selected from the diversity of theoretical distributions with positive and negative asymmetry. The aim of the comparison is to extract the necessary information about the nature of the internal processes in the disperse system evolving as a result of the Ostwald reaction coagulation of microparticles. The procedure of comparing the distributions is illustrated on the example of the histogram of disperse Al₃Mg₂ particles of an aluminum-magnesium alloy heated isothermally at 430°C.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 80–84, December, 1991.