Investigation of inclusive production ofK 0 andK * (892)0 mesons inK + A interactions at 11.2 GeV

Inclusive production ofK ⁰ andK ^* (892)⁰ mesons inK ⁺ A-interactions (A=Be, Cu, Pb) at the energy 11.2 GeV has been investigated to study hadronisation of the leading \(\bar s\) -quark; the results are presented. Double differential cross sections d²σ/dx _f dp _t ² were measured in the region of incident particle fragmentation (0.4≦x _f ≦1,p _t ≦0.5 GeV/c). The experimental data obtained were analysed on the basis of the Lund model FRITIOF and a quark-gluon model that takes into account colour screening and hadron formation length effects. The experimental data confirm the picture of hadronisation of the leading \(\bar s\) -quark developed in the latter model.     

Wick Power Series Converging to Nonlocal Fields

We consider the infinite series in Wick powers of a generalized free field that are convergent under smoothing with analytic test functions and realize a nonlocal extension of the Borchers equivalence classes. The nonlocal fields to which the Wick power series converge are proved to be asymptotically commuting. This property serves as a natural generalization of the relative locality of the Wick polynomials. The proposed proof is based on exploiting the analytic properties of the vacuum expectation values in the x space and applying the Cauchy–Poincaré theorem.     

Size-dependent optical spectroscopy of a homologous series of CdSe cluster molecules.

The optical properties and electronic structure of a homologous series of CdSe cluster molecules covering a size range between 0.7 and 2 nm are investigated. CdSe cluster molecules with 4, 8 10, 17, and 32 Cd atoms, capped by selenophenol ligands, were crystallized from solution and their structures determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The cluster molecules are composed of a combination of adamanthane and barylene-like cages, the building blocks of the zinc blende and the wurtzite structures of the bulk CdSe. The onset of the room temperature absorption and low-temperature photoluminescence excitation spectra exhibit a systematic blue shift with reduced cluster size manifesting the quantum confinement effect down to the molecular limit of the bulk semiconductor. Blue-green emission, shifted substantially to lower energy from the absorption onset, is observed only at low temperature and its position is nearly independent of cluster size. The wavelength dependence of both photoluminescence and photoluminescence excitation was measured. The emission is assigned to forbidden transitions involving the cluster-molecule surface-capping ligands. This assignment is supported by the emission decay which exhibits distributed kinetics with microsecond time scale. The temperature dependence of the emission intensity is quantitatively explained by multiphonon-induced nonradiative relaxation mediated by low-frequency vibrations of the selenophenol capping ligands. Upon irradiation, the emission of all cluster molecules is quenched. Warming up and recooling leads to recovery of the emission (partial or complete) for all but the cluster molecule with 10 Cd atoms. This temporary darkening is assigned to the photoinduced charging of the cluster-molecule surface ligands, resembling the reversible on-off blinking of the emission observed for larger CdSe nanocrystals.     

Sorption of Copper(II) Ions with Nanosized Magnesium Phosphate

A new approach to the preparation of a nanosized sorbent based on magnesium phosphate has been developed. The patterns of copper(II) ions sorption with nanosized magnesium phosphate from aqueous solutions have been investigated. The sorption parameters have been determined, and the kinetics and mechanism of the processes have been elucidated. The high sorption ability of the nanoscale sorbent has been shown in comparison with existing sorbents based on magnesium phosphate.     

Analyzing Power in the Reaction p + p └ → π 0 + X in the polarized-target fragmentation region at an energy of 50 GeV

The results obtained by measuring, at the U-70 accelerator in Protvino, the single-spin asymmetry A _N in the reaction p + p _└ → π⁰ + X at a beam energy of 50 GeV in the Feynman variable range of ?0.6 < x _F < ?0.1 are presented. The asymmetry A _N is close to zero at small |x _F | and grows in magnitude with |x _F |, reaching 6.4% in the region of |x _F | > 0.25. The results of these measurements agree with data of the E704 experiment on the asymmetry of π ₀ mesons at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the region of polarized-beam fragmentation and with the results of measurements in the region of polarized-target fragmentation that were performed in Protvino by using a 40-GeV π ^?-meson beam and a 70-GeV proton beam.     

Application of synchrotron radiation to investigation of the mechanism of increase in the yield of alkali metal ions in electron-stimulated desorption

Core-level photoelectron spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation (hv = 140 eV) has been applied to study the variation in the Si⁺ charge state in silicon films deposited on the W(100) surface after thermal annealing of the substrate. The purpose of this study is to check the mechanism responsible for the sharp increase in the yield of Na⁺ ions in electron-stimulated desorption from a sodium layer adsorbed on the Si/W(100) surface after high-temperature annealing. The evolution of the W 4f _7/2 and Si 2p photoelectron spectra and the valence band photoemission spectra is investigated for two silicon coverages (1 and 3 ML) on the W(100) surface in the temperature range 300<T<2200 K. It is shown that annealing of 1 ML Si on the W(100) surface results in the formation of a W-Si covalent bond, which can weaken the Si-Na bond and lead to an increase in the equilibrium distance X ₀ and, hence, to an increase in the yield of Na⁺ ions in electron-stimulated desorption. The variation in the photoelectron spectra under annealing of 3 ML Si differs from that observed after annealing of 1 ML Si in the direction of charge transfer, thus correlating with the opposite effect of annealing of 3 ML Si/W on the Na⁺ yield in electron-stimulated desorption.