Isobaric analogue resonances in proton elastic scattering from 84Sr

The cross section for the reaction ⁸⁴Sr(p, p₀)⁸⁴Sr has been measured for proton energies in the range E_p = 4.18?6.73 MeV. Resonance parameters were determined for 15 isobaric analogue resonances. Spectroscopic factors calculated for the analogues by means of the R-matrix theory and the Green function method are compared with Spectroscopic factors determined from the ⁸⁴Sr(d, p)⁸⁵Sr reaction. Angular distributions were measured at E_p = 7 and 12 MeV in order to obtain optical model parameters.     

Elastic scattering of 40Ar on 40Ca at Elab = 191, 236 and 272 MeV

Cross sections for elastic scattering of ⁴⁰Ar on ⁴⁰Ca have been measured at energies E_lab = 191, 236 and 272 MeV employing position-sensitive detectors and the method of kinematical coincidences. The experimental data are first compared with the ordinary and the generalized Fresnel models. Only the generalized Fresnel model describes the experimental data well. An optical model analysis with a Woods-Saxon potential yields an energy independent set of parameters (V_R = ?21.76 MeV, r_OR = 1.37 fm, a_R = 0.45 fm; W₁ = ?13.69 MeV, r₀₁ = 1.40 fm, a₁ = 0.36 fm) very similar to the one found in ⁴⁰Ca-⁴⁰Ca scattering at corresponding energies. Values deduced for the total reaction cross sections for the three energies are in good agreement with those predicted by the generalized Fresnel model. The data are also compared with optical model calculations with the real part of the potential replaced by various microscopically determined potentials. The proximity, Fleckner-Mosel and the Krappe-Nix-Sierk potentials like the phenomenological optical model potential reproduce the measured data fairly well over several orders of magnitude.     

Laser spectroscopic properties of Nd3+ -doped tellurite glasses

The stimulated emission cross-section σ and fluorescence lifetime for the 1.06 μm emission (⁴F_3/2 →⁴I_1/12) have been measured for a number of Nd-doped tellurite glasses. The measured value of σ ? 9 × 10^-20 cm ² for the tellurite glasses is to be compared with the value of 3.5 × 10^-20 cm ² for the ED-2 glass. Based on the measured spectroscopic parameters, an LED-pumped tellurite glass fiber laser is predicted to perform better than ED-2 glass, both in the longitudinal and transverse pumping configuration. The threshold for side-pumped tellurite glass laser can be comparable or even lower than that in Nd:YAG.     

Permeability of heterogeneous gels

Gels made by radical copolymerization of monofunctional and difunctional monomer units in the presence of swelling medium will tend to be heterogeneous. A case in point is acrylamide co-polymerized with N,N′-methylene bis-acrylamide in water. Such gels can be assumed to be two-phasic with both phases gels, but of different average concentration and average degree of cross-linking. As Weiss and Silberberg have shown, permeability can be used to characterize the distribution in space. In this paper, their earlier model is expanded and improved by considering specifically the permeability of each of the two phases and taking into account that each of these phases separately must have come into swelling equilibrium with the swelling medium, water. It can be shown that only the length of the Kuhn statistical element remains as a free parameter in this model. Essentially the same value of this parameter, however, accurately accounts for the measured permeability. It is found that at an overall volume fraction of about 0.16, the two-phase structure tends to disappear. For higher degrees of crosslinking, this occurs because the more dilute phase takes over the entire space; for more lightly crosslinked systems, the more concentrated phase takes over. The heterogeneity of the distribution lies in the nanometer range and reasonable agreement between the results obtainable from permeability and from viscoelasticity can be demonstrated. These results are consistent with the model for the polymerization process.     

Redistribution of population among the higher levels of Na atoms in an H2-O2-Ar flame

A substantial fraction of the population of Na-atoms in an H₂-O₂-Ar flame is found to be distributed among the higher levels as a result of two-photon laser excitation, spontaneous emission and collisions with flame gas atoms and molecules. Several population inversions are observed. From the laser-excited level upwards, a partial Boltzmann equilibrium, corresponding to the flame temperature, has been found in some cases. Estimates of weighted average rate-constants for collisional energy transfer from groups of higher levels to the 3P-level are given. Some level-pairs appear to be strongly coupled to each other.     

A statistical model for transitions in nematic liquid crystals

The two-lattice model of Lennard-Jones and Devonshire has been modified and applied to the study of the transition from the nematic to the isotropic phase. We have used the concept of external degrees of freedom for molecules introduced by Prigogine and applied to the case of chain liquids.     

Base-induced cycloaddition of N-(tosylmethyl)imino compounds to michael acceptors. Synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted pyrroles

A series of N-(tosylmethyl)imino compounds [TosCH₂N?C(L)A] has been prepared, and applied to a new, base-induced, one-operational synthesis of otherwise more difficultly accessible 2,3,4-trisubstituted pyrroles from electron deficient olefins. This regiospecific process probably is an 1,3-anionic cycloaddition, combined with the elimination of sulfinic acid and a leaving group L. The group A is retained as the 2-substituent of the resulting pyrroles.     

A transient experiment to measure the diffusive permeability of hollow fiber membranes

A precise and rapid transient diffusion experiment has been developed to measure the diffusive permeability of hollow fibers. In this experiment a sealed hollow fiber containing a radioactive solute is exposed sequentially to several well-stirred solute-free reservoirs. This method was used to measure the diffusive permeability of collagen and Cuprophan hollow fibers in an isotonic saline solution for a spectrum of ¹⁴C labelled solutes: urea, sucrose and polyethylene glycol (PEG). To study the effect of environment on membrane permeability, collagen membranes were investigated with urea, sucrose and tritiated water in the following solutions with varying ionic strength and hydrogen ion concentration: pH2 HCl, distilled water and pH2 HCl with 0.8 M NaCl.In each environment, the membranes showed the expected decreases in diffusive permeaability with increasing molecular weight. Collagen membranes ranged from 4 (urea) to 40 (PEG) times the permeability of Cuprophan membranes. The Cuprophan data are consistent with results obtained elsewhere using scaled-down dialyzers. In response to environmental changes, the diffusive permeability of collagen membranes changed overall by a factor of 3 with the following rank: pH 2 HCl > distilled water > pH2 HCl and 0.8 M NaCl. The hydraulic permeability of these membranes changed by a factor of 2 but in a different order pH2 HCl > pH2 HCl and 0.8 M NaCl > distilled water. These permeability changes can be explained in terms of the known environmental dependence for the structure of collagen membranes and have been shown to be consistent with trends predicted by simple transport models.