Low frequency dielectric spectroscopy of the Peierls-Mott insulating state in the deuterated copper-DCNQI systems

We report a detailed characterization of an unique 3-fold commensurate insulating state in single crystals of the organic – inorganic d hybrid Cu(DMe-DCNQI)₂ systems with deuterated and partially deuterated DCNQI ring, by means of low-frequency dielectric spectroscopy. A broad relaxation mode of strength centred at kHz is observed in the hysteresis temperature region in which the insulating phase coexists with metallic islands. At lower temperatures, outside the nucleation range, the relaxation narrows, approaching a Debye-like form for an overdamped response of a system with a single degree of freedom. Both, the relaxation strength and the mean relaxation time () are much larger than that expected for single-particle excitations. These features suggest the origin of the dielectric relaxation as an intrinsic property of the N = 3 charge density wave state. Received 1 December 1999 and Received in final form 5 April 2000     

Higher order two step mechanisms in nucleon antinucleon annihilation and the OZI rule

We evaluate three meson doorway mechanisms for nucleon-antinucleon annihilation at rest for the first time. Detailed results are presented for the final state φπ⁰ originating from the ³S₁ initial state and for the φρ channel originating from ¹S₀. The results presented also include the improved contributions from two meson doorway states and from the tree diagrams. For all the channels considered a consistent explanation of large and small OZI violations emerges. Received: 22 December 1999     

Neutrons produced by 1.22 GeV antiproton interactions with nuclei

Inclusive neutron energy spectra were measured by time of flight using 1.22 GeV antiprotons from LEAR, CERN, as projectiles and targets from natural Al, Cu, Ag, Ho, Ta, Au, Pb, Bi, U. The sum of two Maxwellian distributions was fitted to the spectra obtained at several forward and backward angles yielding neutron multiplicities M_i and slope or temperature parameters T _i for the low-energy (evaporative, i=1) and high-energy (pre-equilibrium,i=2) parts, respectively. M ₁ increases with A, proportional to the nuclear volume, and M ₂ is growing with A , proportional to the nuclear radius. The T parameters are nearly independent of A. The results are compared with previous multiplicity measurements with a neutron detector, intranuclear cascade calculations and neutron spectra from stopped antiproton annihilation on nuclei. With the measured proton spectra also the ratio of emitted neutrons to protons was determined for Au. Received: 25 February 2000 / Accepted: 19 May 2000     

Fine-structure effects in relativistic calculations of the static polarizability of the helium atom

We use the relativistic configuration-interaction method and the model potential method to calculate the scalar and tensor components of the dipole polarizabilities for the excited states 1s3p ³ P ₀ and 1s3p ³ P ₂ of the helium atom. The calculations of the reduced matrix elements for the resonant terms in the spectral expansion of the polarizabilities are derived using two-electron basis functions of the relativistic Hamiltonian of the atom, a Hamiltonian that incorporates the Coulomb and Breit electron-electron interactions. We formulate a new approach to determining the parameters of the Fuss model potential. Finally, we show that the polarizability values are sensitive to the choice of the wave functions used in the calculations. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 494–504 (February 1999)     

A new high-spin isomer in 145Sm

A new high-spin isomer in ¹⁴⁵Sm was observed by in-beam γ-ray spectroscopy with the reaction ¹²²Sn(²⁷Al,3np) at 127 MeV performed at the Nordball multi-detector array in Roskilde. The excitation energy of the isomer was determined to be E _x= 11147 keV, and using the generalized centroid-shift method its half-life was found to be T _1/2= (7.4 ± 1.0) ns. Received: 23 October 1998     

Strong enhancement of two-neutron transfer in the system 206Pb+118Sn

One and two neutron transfer has been measured in the heaviest asymmetric nuclear system with semi magic nuclei showing superfluid properties, in ²⁰⁶Pb+¹¹⁸Sn collisions at an energy well below the Coulomb barrier with scattering orbits covering the largest angles. Particle-γ coincidence techniques using 5 Euroball-Cluster detectors (EB) combined in a set-up with the Heidelberg-Darmstadt NaI-Crystal Ball (CB) have been used. Transfer channels are identified with EB via their known γ-decays of the lowest excited states. Using the unique feature of the set-up with the CB, transfer to well defined final states with known quantum numbers (without feeding) are selected using the high efficiency multiplicity filter of the CB (no second γ-ray). The data are analysed using the semiclassical approach and transfer probabilities are obtained. The enhancement for the two-neutron transfer populating the low lying superfluid 2⁺ state in ¹²⁰Sn (and ¹¹⁶Sn), while the Pb-branch is in the groundstate is deduced by comparison with the strongest single neutron transfer transition. Large enhancements (EF ≃ 10³) are observed. This is the first direct measurement of enhancement for a heavy nuclear binary system with experimentally separated levels suggesting a strong contribution from superfluid pair transfer. Received: 18 December 1998 / Revised version: 23 February 1999     

Ab initio structures and stabilities of helide cations: (X = B-Ne, Al-Ar and n = 1-3)

The electronic structure and molecular properties of helides of the form (where , Al-Ar and ) were studied using the CCSD(T) method in conjunction with the series of correlation-consistent basis sets. The highest level of theory employed, the CCSD(T)_-FC/cc-pVQZ model, was used to elucidate trends in bond lengths, dissociation energies and harmonic frequencies. The more highly charged species were found to have shorter bond lengths than the singly charged species. The ground states of the helide cations were often those with longer bond lengths when compared with the excited state ions. Received: 11 May 1998 / Received in final form: 2 September 1998     

Orbital deletion procedure and its applications

The orbital deletion procedure is introduced, which is suited to quantitatively investigating the electronic delocalization effiect in earboeations and boranes. While the routine, ab initio molecular orbital methods can generate wavefunetions for real systems where all electrons are delocalized, the present orbital deletion procedure can generate wavefunctions for hypothetical reference molecules where electronic delocalization effect is deactivated. The latter wavefunetion normlly corresponds In the most stable resonance structure in terms of the resonance theory. By comparing and analyzing the delocalized and the localized wavefunetions, one can obtain a quantitative and instinct pieture to show how electronic deloealizalion inside a molecule affects the molecular structure, energy as well as other physical properties. Two examples are detailedly discussed. The first is related to the hypercoujugation of alkyl groups in carbocations and a comparison of the order of stability of carbocations is made, T     

Anaerobic Calorimetry of the Growth of Lactobacillus Helveticus Using a Highly Sensitive Bio-RCl

To meet the need for studies of anaerobic microbial and animal cell cultures involving much lower heat effects as compared to aerobic microbial cultures, a bench scale calorimeter, Bio-RCl, has been improved for achieving a higher long-term sensitivity. This newly improved Bio-RCl was used for heat measurement of anaerobic growth of Lactobacillus helveticus. The results showed that the bench-scale calorimetry has powerful potential for on-line monitoring and control of anaerobic bioprocesses as well as fundamental studies, such as stoichiometry, thermodynamics and kinetics of cellular growth. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.