Measurements of the cross section for e(+)e(-) --> hadrons at center-of-mass energies from 2 to 5 GeV

We report values of R = sigma(e(+)e(-)-->hadrons)/sigma(e(+)e(-)-->mu(+)mu(-)) for 85 center-of-mass energies between 2 and 5 GeV measured with the upgraded Beijing Spectrometer at the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider.     

An Micro-Bandpasss (6.3≈7.6μm) Filter for the Multichannel Scanning Radiometer

Optical coatings are designed and produced for the multichannel scanning radiometer meteorological space instrument operating in the spectral range 6.37.6m. First the choice of substrates and layers materials is discussed. Then the substrate temperatures dependent effects of three different Te-enriched PbTe single layers on the dispersion and absorption characteristics and carrier concentration are studied. The experimental results demonstrate that the performance of the coating made using PbTe + 0.3 at. % Te material is better than that of the others. Finally, details of the spectral design and manufacture of such a filter which meets the demanding bandwidth and transparency requirements of the application are presented. This design model is based on the optical and semiconductor properties of a multilayer filter containing PbTe layer materials in combination with the dielectric dispersion of ZnSe deposited on the a Ge substrate. Comparisons between the computed spectral performance of the model and spectral measurements from manufactured coatings over a wavelength range of 6.37.6m are presented.     

ICF瞄准定位系统的设计

将"神光Ⅱ"装置的原瞄准定位系统改为全反射式,可以用各波长的三倍频激光打靶.本文介绍一个双球面的反射系统的光学设计和测试结果.     

A three-dimensional renormalization group bubble merger model for Rayleigh-Taylor mixing

In this paper we formulate a model for the merger of bubbles at the edge of an unstable acceleration driven (Rayleigh-Taylor) mixing layer. Steady acceleration defines a self-similar mixing process, with a time-dependent inverse cascade of structures of increasing size. The time evolution is itself a renormalization group (RNG) evolution, and so the large time asymptotics define a RNG fixed point. We solve the model introduced here at this fixed point. The model predicts the growth rate of a Rayleigh-Taylor chaotic fluid mixing layer. The model has three main components: the velocity of a single bubble in this unstable flow regime, an envelope velocity, which describes collective excitations in the mixing region, and a merger process, which drives an inverse cascade, with a steady increase of bubble size. The present model differs from an earlier two-dimensional (2-D) merger model in several important ways. Beyond the extension of the model to three dimensions, the present model contains one phenomenological parameter, the variance of the bubble radii at fixed time. The model also predicts several experimental numbers: the bubble mixing rate, alpha(b)=h(b)/Agt(2) approximately 0.05-0.06, the mean bubble radius, and the bubble height separation at the time of merger. From these we also obtain the bubble height to the radius aspect ratio. Using the experimental results of Smeeton and Youngs (AWE Report No. O 35/87, 1987) to fix a value for the radius variance, we determine alpha(b) within the range of experimental uncertainty. We also obtain the experimental values for the bubble height to width aspect ratio in agreement with experimental values. (c) 2002 American Institute of Physics.     

Conformational differences between O- and C-glycosides: the alpha-O-man-(1-->1)-beta-Gal/alpha-C-Man-(1-->1)-beta-Gal case--a decisive demonstration of the importance of the exo-anomeric effect on the conformation of glycosides

The conformational behavior of alpha-O-Man-(1-->1)-beta-Gal (1) and its C-analogue (2) has been studied using J/NOE NMR data, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, and ab initio calculations. The population distribution around the glycosidic linkages of 1 and 2 is rather different, especially for the alpha-Man linkage. A lower limit for the exo-anomeric effect in water has been experimentally determined.     

Molecular Design of Liquid-Crystalline Block Molecules: Semifluorinated Pentaerythritol Tetrabenzoates Exhibiting Lamellar, Columnar, and Cubic Mesophases

Fluid assemblies of star-shaped molecules like 1 form a range of thermotropic liquid crystalline phases, and represent a borderline case between anisometric mesogens, surfactants, and block copolymers. The low molecular mass molecules (<5.5 kDa) consist of a semipolar central core and a shell of semifluorinated chains.     

Synthesis of Optically Active beta-Amino Acid N-Carboxyanhydrides

Methodology has been developed for the general synthesis of optically active beta-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (beta-NCAs) through cyclization of N(beta)-Boc or N(beta)-Cbz beta-amino acids using phosphorus tribromide. The formation of beta-NCAs was confirmed by spectroscopy as well as an X-ray structural determination of beta-homoalanine-N-carboxyanhydride. The beta-NCA molecules could be polymerized in good yield to give optically active poly(beta-peptides) that adopt stable chiral conformations in solution. For example, helical oligo(L-beta-homophenylalanine) was synthesized by polymerization of L-beta-homophenylalanine-N-carboxyanhydride.     

Time-variable Method for Studying Reaction Rates in a Calorimeter

A novel method for the determination of rate constants of reactions, the time-variable method, is proposed in this paper. The method needs only three time points (t), peak heights () and pre-peak areas (), obtained from the measured thermoanalytical curve. It does not require the thermokinetic reaction to be completed. It utilizes data-processing on a computer to give the rate constants. Four reaction systems, including a first-order reaction, second-order reactions (with equal concentrations and with unequal concentrations) and a third-order reaction, were studied with this method. The method was validated and its theoretical basis was verified by the experimental results.This revised version was published online in November 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Toeplitz预条件子的统一构造与性能分析

１．引言考虑线性方程组ＴＮｘ＝ｂ（１．１）其中ＴＮ＝（ｔｉ,ｊ）是ＮｘＮ对称正定（ＳＰＤ）Ｔｏｅｐｌｉｔｚ矩阵,即ｔｉ,ｊ＝ｔ｜ｉ－ｊ｜（ｉ,ｊ＝０,１,...,Ｎ－１）且ＴＮ的所有特征值均为正数,并表为ＴＮ：＝Ｔ（ｔ。,ｔｉ,...,ｔＮ－１）．如果我们用预条件子共轭梯度法（ＰＣＧ）求解方程组（１．１）,最关健的任务是构造出高效的预条件子．而预条件子最自然的选择似乎其逆矩阵易求且构成矩阵ＴＮ的某种最优逼近．由于循环矩阵ＣＮ的逆矩阵ＣＲ'仍为循环矩阵,因此ＣＮ和ＣＨ'与向量的乘积可通ｉｓ速Ｆｏｕｒｉｅｒ…