Pulsed-laser photolysis of Mn2(CO)10: A time-resolved fluorescence study

Mn₂(CO)₁₀ was photolysed in the gas phase by the XeCl-excimer laser with fluence in the range 25–300 mJ/cm² and a dye laser. The UV/VIS emission of the products was probed on a nanosecond time scale. The emission from excited states of metal atoms was detected only. The Mn atoms are predominantly formed in their ground statea ⁶ S _{2 1/2}. The absorption of one photon and the subsequent relaxation process leads to the formation ofz ⁶ P _J ⁰ (J = 11/2, 21/2, 31/2) states and emission of photons at a wavelength of 403 nm. The formation of the excited statese ⁸ D _{5 1/2},z ⁶ F _{4 1/2} ⁰ ande ⁶ D _{4 1/2} and the subsequent emission observed at wavelengths of 357, 383 and 446 nm requires the absorption of two photons by the ground-state Mn atoms. In addition, transition from thea ⁶ D _j (J = 11/2, 21/2) lower states were observed in the wavelength-resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) spectra.     

Production of fast evaporation residues by the reaction20Ne+208Pb at projectile energies of 8.6, 11.4 and 14.9 A.MeV

Velocity distributions and production cross sections of evaporation residues have been measured in the reaction²⁰Ne+²⁰⁸Pb at projectile energies of 8.6, 11.4, 14.9 A.MeV. Essential deviations from statistical model of deexcitation have been observed. Monte Carlo simulations involving emission of non-equilibrium particles have been used in order to reproduce experimental velocity, charge and mass distributions of evaporation residues and to estimate indirectly multiplicities of pre-equilibrium particles. Communicated by V. Metag     

The dilution of silica in a NiZnCo spinel ferrite matrix

Silica may dissolve up to about 0.05 wt% in an iron excess NiZnCo spinel matrix, affecting noticeably the magnetic properties at low and high values of the applied field. The initial permeability is reduced by about 50% with the addition of only 0.1 % SiO₂, while the coercivity almost triples, without noticeable changes in porosity or grain distribution. The vacancy and Fe²⁺ content of the sintered material also show a considerable change. The energy associated to the transformation Fe³⁺ Fe²⁺ for the samples without SiO₂ was found to be 0.41–0.42 eV, while for the samples with SiO₂ additions it decreased to 0.26 eV. The changes in magnetic properties are thought to be caused, more than because of the mentioned changes in ion distribution, by the stresses and defects created in the lattice due to the very small size of the Si⁴⁺ ion, which substitutes Fe³⁺ ions in tetrahedral sites. The transition Fe³⁺ Fe²⁺ seems to take place exclusively in the octahedral sites.     

Influence of oxygen concentration on optical properties of semi-insulating polycrystalline silicon films

Optical properties of semi-insulating polycrystalline silicon (SIPOS) films were investigated over the wide region of wavelengths. The vibrational modes of Si-O-Si and Si-Si bonds were studied by IR and Raman spectroscopy. A pronounced effect of oxygen content on the measured spectra was observed. Optical constants of SIPOS films have been compared with those of amorphous silicon and glassy silicon dioxide and their values have been successfully interpreted in terms of the theory of effective medium. The results have shown that the amorphous character prevails in the as-deposited SIPOS films.     

Isometric embedding for homogeneous compact 3-manifolds

The anisotropic homogeneous ³ is isometrically globally embedded into a nine-dimensional Euclidean or pseudo-Euclidean space. In a special case the Euclidean space is six-dimensional. The space-sections of the anti-Mach metric appear as a submanifold of theE ⁹. We obtain also the isometric embedding ofSO(3) with its natural Killing metric.     

Topologically nontrivial field configurations in noncommutative geometry

In the framework of noncommutative geometry we describe spinor fields with nonvanishing winding number on a truncated (fuzzy) sphere. The corresponding field theory actions conserve all basic symmetries of the standard commutative version (space isometries and global chiral symmetry), but due to the noncommutativity of the space the fields are regularized and they contain only a finite number of modes.Part of the Project P8916-PHY of the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich.     

Boson realization of YangiansY(sl(2)) andY(sl(3))

Studying the algebraic structure of the YangiansY(sl(2)), andY(sl(3)) we present their boson realizations. In the case ofY(sl(2)) we give the realization by using 1-canonical boson pair and two parameters and in theY(sl(3)) with 2-canonical boson pairs, two parameters and subalgebrasl(2). Substituting the realization ofU(sl(2)), we can obtain the pure boson realization by 3-canonical pairs and three parameters.Presented at the 4th Colloquium Quantum Groups and Integrable Systems, Prague, 22–24 June 1995.     

Theq-calculus for genericq andq a root of unity

Theq-calculus for genericq is developed and related to the deformed oscillator of parameterq ^1/2. By passing with care to the limit in whichq is a root of unity, one uncovers the full algebraic structure ofZ _n -graded fractional supersymmetry and its natural representation.Presented at the 5th International Colloquium on Quantum Groups: Quantum Groups and Integrable Systems, Prague, 20–22 June 1996.This paper describes research supported in part by E.P.S.R.C and P.P.A.R.C. (UK) and by the C.I.C.Y.T (Spain). J.C.P.B. wishes to acknowledge an FPI grant from the CSIC and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.     

137-01137-01137-01-deformed extended Galilei algebra

We apply the pseudoextension mechanism, which in the undeformed case gives the centrally extended Galilei group {ie137-02} as a contraction of a trivial extensionP×U(1) of the Poincaré group, to the case of the-Poincaré algebra. As a result, the four-dimensional {ie137-03}-deformed extended Galilei algebra is obtained.Presented at the 4th Colloquium Quantum Groups and Integrable Systems, Prague, 22–24 June 1995.     

Resonances in low-energy rare-gas atom scattering

Precise values of energies and widths of low-lying resonances in some rare-gas atom systems (Ar-Ar, Ne-Kr, Ne-Xe) are reported.