Spectral luminescence properties of transparent lead fluoride nanoglassceramics doped with erbium ions

Transparent nanoglassceramics has been synthesized based on lead fluoride silicate glass doped with erbium ions. It is shown that heat treatment of lead fluoride silicate glass leads to the formation of nanoscale (16–40 nm) crystalline phase of lead fluoride. X-ray diffraction analysis and measurement of spectral luminescence properties have revealed that the erbium ions enter the crystalline phase of lead fluoride.     

Generalized coarse-grained model based on point multipole and Gay-Berne potentials

This paper presents a general coarse-grained molecular mechanics model based on electric point multipole expansion and Gay-Berne [J. Chem. Phys. 74, 3316 (1981)] potential. Coarse graining of van der Waals potential is achieved by treating molecules as soft uniaxial ellipsoids interacting via a generalized anisotropic Gay-Berne function. The charge distribution is represented by point multipole expansion, including point charge, dipole, and quadrupole moments placed at the center of mass. The Gay-Berne and point multipole potentials are combined in the local reference frame defined by the inertial frame of the all-atom counterpart. The coarse-grained model has been applied to rigid-body molecular dynamics simulations of molecular liquids including benzene and methanol. The computational efficiency is improved by several orders of magnitude, while the results are in reasonable agreement with all-atom models and experimental data. We also discuss the implications of using point multipole for polar molecules capable of hydrogen bonding and the applicability of this model to a broad range of molecular systems including highly charged biopolymers.     

The LUE-200 accelerator at the IREN facility: Current status and development

The general scheme and current status of an electron linear accelerator with an S-band travelling wave (f = 2856 MHz) accelerating structure—a driver for a pulsed neutron source (the Intense Resonance Neutron source (IREN)) at the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research—are presented. The parameters of the accelerating system and the measured parameters of the electron beam—pulse-beam current, duration of the current pulse, repetition rate, electron-energy spectrum, and loading characteristics of the accelerating structure—are given. The beginning of the implementation of the project of the second stage of the IREN facility, which forms the basis for the development of the accelerator aimed at increasing its beam power, is reported. Technical solutions underlying the modernization of the accelerator’s electrophysical systems are discussed: accelerating system, RF power supplies, and modulators.     

Determination of the spatial profiles of all components of the quadratic susceptibility tensor \hat \chi ^{(2)} (z, 2ω; ω, ω) of a one-dimensionally inhomogeneous absorbing medium

For a one-dimensionally inhomogeneous plate whose linear dielectric properties are also inhomogeneous and are characterized by a diagonal permittivity tensor, it is proved that the spatial profiles of all components of the complex quadratic susceptibility tensor $\hat \chi ^{(2)} $ (z, 2??; ??, ?? responsible for the second harmonic generation can be uniquely determined, and an appropriate method is proposed. To implement this method, one should measure the complex coefficient of transformation of a fundamental plane wave incident on the plate into a reflected second-harmonic wave in a certain range of angles of incidence. By varying the plane of incidence of the wave and (or) its polarization and measuring the coefficients of transformation into s- and p-polarized waves of double frequency, one can uniquely determine the spatial profiles of all components of the quadratic susceptibility tensor. The method involves the measurement of the intensities of the second-harmonic waves generated under special conditions with the use of two auxiliary reference plates and thus allows one to avoid complicated phase measurements.     

Heat conductivity of the heavy-fermion compound YbAgCu4

The heat conductivity and electrical resistivity of a polycrystalline YbAgCu₄ sample were measured in the 4.2–300-K temperature range. It is shown that at low temperatures (in the region corresponding to the coherent Kondo lattice) the Lorenz number behaves in accordance with a theoretical model developed for heavy-fermion materials.     

Prime Radicals of Chevalley Groups over Commutative Rings

The main purpose of this paper is the computation of prime and soluble radicals of Chevalley groups over arbitrary commutative rings with unity (except the case A₁, where restrictions 2, 3 ∈Gl(R) are essential). Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya. Tematicheskie Obzory. Vol. 74, Algebra-15, 2000.     

Collective characteristics of hadron systems produced in beam fragmentation of π+ p collisions at 250 GeV/c

Collective characteristics are studied of hadrons produced in beam fragmentation of non-single-diffractive π⁺ p-interactions at 250 GeV/c. An attempt is made to obtain experimental information on the properties of leading cluster production and fragmentation. On average, the leading cluster carries 0.8±0.1 of the incident momentum, so that the mean value of the inelasticity coefficient of 〈k〉=0.2±0.1 is significantly smaller than that deduced from leading single hadron spectra. The momentum transfer distribution shows that nonsingle-diffractive processes are less peripheral than diffraction dissociation. The analysis of thrust and sphericity shows jet-like structure of pion fragmentation, that of the charge flow an average forward charge of 〈Q _f 〉=0.45±0.04, in agreement with the average charge of the beam valence quarks. Our data are compared to diffraction dissociation and to the Fritiof model.     

Amplitude and polarization effects in self-focusing of laser radiation in media with spatial dispersion of nonlinearity

Moscow State University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 1042–1052, September, 1988.     

Multilevel rotational transitions in the intermediate stage of three-photon ionization of molecules

Ionization and dissociation of diatomic molecules induced by a weak field (after preliminarily populating an intermediate level) and by intense, linearly polarized monochromatic radiation have been studied. Field-induced mixing of rotational components of various electronic-vibrational states of molecules (such as CO, NO, etc.) at field strength f∼10⁻⁴–10⁻⁵ atomic units can lead to migration among states with different angular momenta J. Therefore, ions with rotational momenta J ⁺ much higher than those prescribed by selection rules for three-photon absorption can be formed from molecules in the ground state. The possibility of selective formation of ions with J ⁺≫1 and zero projection of the angular momentum on the polarization vector of the external electromagnetic radiation has been investigated. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 111, 1624–1632 (May 1997)     

Dynamic behavior of highly excited molecular states in the strong monochromatic laser fields

The dynamic behavior of highly excited molecular states in an external monochromatic field has been investigated in order to establish the general trends in the Rydberg state manifestations in collisional and radiative processes. The effects of interference between direct (background) and resonant interactions and coupling between the continua on the fine structure of collision cross sections and near-threshold photoabsorption spectra are discussed. Analytical expressions for the widths and intensities of the Rydberg lines induced by mixing the field with other quasistationary states are derived and their dependence on the external field strength and frequency are analyzed. It was found that the appreciable stabilization of isolated Rydberg levels observed previously in superstrong fields is also possible in fields much weaker than atomic fields. The possibility of laser control for the energy averaged cross sections and reaction rate constants are considered. All effects are illustrated for thee ^– + H₂ ⁺ system.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 367–386, March, 1994.This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic ReSearch (Grant No. 93-03-4700).