Application of dn/dc data for the determination of partial specific volumes of dissolved macromolecules. II. Partial specific volume of ovalbumin in aqueous solution

The theory of an interferometric method for determining partial specific volumes of macromolecules is briefly reviewed. The experimental technique developed in this laboratory is described. Detailed results are given on the partial specific volume of ovalbumin in aqueous solution and its dependence on pH and KCl concentration. The results are compared, as far as possible, with dilatometric results obtained in another laboratory. The contribution of a change in partial specific volume of the macromolecules and in the partial specific volume of the water associated with them to the results is analyzed, and the scope of a possible complication due to changes in molecular polarizability is pointed out.     

Mehrfachstreuung mittelschneller Elektronen in Folien

Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and nuclei - Electrons with an initial energy of 100 keV have been shot through thin films of Ni, Ge, Ag and Au. The angular distribution of the plurally...     

Coherent combining in an Yb-doped double-core fiber laser

Coherent combining is demonstrated in a clad-pumped Yb-doped double-core fiber laser. A slope efficiency of more than 70% is achieved with 96% of the total output power in the fundamental mode of one of the two cores. This high combining efficiency is obtained when both cores are coupled via a biconical fused taper in a Michelson interferometer configuration.     

Distributions and analytic continuation of Dirichlet series

This is the second in a series of three papers; the other two are “Summation Formulas, from Poisson and Voronoi to the Present” [Progr. Math. 220 (2004) 419-440] and “Automorphic Distributions, L-functions, and Voronoi Summation for GL(3)” (preprint). The first paper is primarily expository, while the third proves a Voronoi-style summation formula for the coefficients of a cusp form on . The present paper contains the distributional machinery used in the third paper for rigorously deriving the summation formula, and also for the proof of the GL(3)×GL(1) converse theorem given in the third paper. The primary concept studied is a notion of the order of vanishing of a distribution along a closed submanifold. Applications are given to the analytic continuation of Riemann's zeta function, degree 1 and degree 2 L-functions, the converse theorem for GL(2), and a characterization of the classical Mellin transform/inversion relations on functions with specified singularities.     

Heteronuclear polarization transfer by symmetry-based recoupling sequences in solid-state NMR

We demonstrate a new set of methods for transferring spin polarization between different nuclear isotopes in magic-angle-spinning solid-state NMR. The technique employs symmetry-based recoupling sequences on one irradiation channel and a simple sequence of between one and three strong radiofrequency pulses on the second channel. A phase shift of the recoupling sequences is applied at the same time as a pi/2 pulse on the second channel. The trajectory of the transferred polarization may be used to estimate heteronuclear distances. The method is particularly attractive for nuclei with low gyromagnetic ratios or for those experiencing strong anisotropic spin interactions, where conventional Hartmann-Hahn cross-polarization is difficult to apply. We demonstrate the method on 1H-13C, 1H-15N and 19F-109Ag systems.     

Anomalous temperature dependence of the dephasing time in mesoscopic kondo wires

We present measurements of the magnetoconductance of long and narrow quasi-one-dimensional gold wires containing magnetic iron impurities in a temperature range extending from 15 mK to 4.2 K. The dephasing rate extracted from the weak antilocalization shows a pronounced plateau in a temperature region of 300-800 mK, associated with the phase breaking due to the Kondo effect. Below the Kondo temperature, the dephasing rate decreases linearly with temperature, in contradiction with standard Fermi-liquid theory. Our data suggest that the formation of a spin glass due to the interactions between the magnetic moments is responsible for the observed anomalous temperature dependence.