J/psi production in Indium-Indium collisions at 158 GeV/nucleon

The NA60 experiment studies muon pair production at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. In this Letter we report on a precision measurement of J/psi in In-In collisions. We have studied the J/psi centrality distribution, and we have compared it with the one expected if absorption in cold nuclear matter were the only active suppression mechanism. For collisions involving more than approximately 80 participant nucleons, we find that an extra suppression is present. This result is in qualitative agreement with previous Pb-Pb measurements by the NA50 experiment, but no theoretical explanation is presently able to coherently describe both results.     

Ultrafast electrical signal generation,propagation and detection

Short-pulse optical sources have allowed the study of ultrafast electrical phenomena in the circuits and devices which will become future electronic systems. In this paper techniques for the generation, propagation and detection of electrical signals in the femtosecond regime are presented.     

Theoretical rate constant calculations for O(3P) with saturated hydrocarbons

Theoretical rate constants have been calculated for O(³P) with five saturated hydrocarbons, CH₄, C₂H₆, C₃H₈, iso-C₄H₁₀, and neo-C₅H₁₂. The method of choice is bond energy–bond order (BEBO) with activated complex theory (ACT). Because the BEBO method is empirical, O(³P) + CH₄ is evaluated first, and the theoretical results are compared to more rigorous calculations and to the empirical transition state method. Comparisons are also made between predictions and experimental results. All of these comparisons show that the BEBO-ACT method gives results which are consistent with experiment and other theory. Because the method is successful, the other four cases are then considered. Ambiguity arises for the higher hydrocarbons from the problem of internal rotations in the activated complexes, and three cases are evaluated. Best agreement with experiment is obtained if the primary rotor(s) in the complexes are considered to be free. Predictions of rate constants are made from 500 to 2500 K. Throughout the discussion issues of theory which are common to any ACT calculation from any method of potential energy evaluation (LEP, LEPS, or ab initio quantum mechanics) are featured.     

An investigation of nonequilibrium kinetic isotope effects in chemically activated vinyl radicals

New experimental data have been obtained for H + C₂H₂, D + C₂H₂, H + C₂D₂, and D + C₂D₂ at room temperature. Two previously described apparatus were used in order to measure the pressure dependence of the reactions. The absolute rate constants are compared to results from other laboratories. The present results and those of Payne and Stief are used to obtain the high-pressure limiting rate constant at room temperature. When the activation energy from the work of Payne and Stief is considered, it is shown that the A factor for H + C₂H₂ is too low by a factor of ～20. If a transmission coefficient is introduced which is constant for all isotopic variations, the pressure dependence can be explained in terms of the randomly energized radicals. RRKM theory is then invoked to explain the observed statistical nonequilibrium kinetic isotope effects.     

Verteilungschromatographische Trennung von Flavongemischen auf Polyamid

Zusammenfassung Durch Anwendung lipophiler Lösungsmittel (z. B. Chloroform— Methanol— Methyl-äthyl-keton = 942) werden Flavonverbindungen auf Polyamid nach vorwiegend verteilungschromatographischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten getrennt. Dadurch kommen gegenüber den bisher verwendeten Fließmitteln neuartige Aufspaltungen zustande. Es erfolgt eine Trennung auch jener Aglykone und Glykoside, die in den bisher beschriebenen Gemischen identische R_f-Werte hatten. Durch Kombination von polarer und lipophiler Entwicklung im zweidimensionalen Chromatogramm sind weitgehende Rückschlüsse auf die Struktur der Verbindungen zu gewinnen. Die R_f-Werte zahlreicher Flavonverbindungen in einer chloroformhaltigen und einer wäßrigen Fließmittelfolge werden vergleichend diskutiert.

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Summary Flavone compounds are separated on polyamide by lipophilic solvent mixtures in a partition-chromatographic way. In contrast to solvent systems used so far, new separations were obtained. Aglycones and glycosides difficultly to resolve hitherto can be easily differentiated now. Combination of polar and lipophilic development in a 2-dimensional chromatogram helps to identify the structure of the compounds. The R_f-values of a number of flavones obtained with solvents containing CHCl₃ are compared with those obtained with solvents containing water.

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Wertvolle Testsubstanzen wurden uns in dankenswerter Weise von Herrn Prof. Dr. Hörhammer, München (K-3-rham. gluc.) und Herrn Prof. Dr. Beckmann, Stuttgart-Hohenheim (K-3-rham. gluo.-7-gluo.) zur Verfügung gestellt. — Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft hat die Untersuchung durch Sachmittel gefördert.     

Gravimetrische Bestimmung von kleinen Mengen 1,2,3-Benzotriazol

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Gravimetric determination of small amounts of 1,2,3-benzotriazole