Canonical fields in the quantum sh-Gordon model

In the quantum sh model fundamental canonical fields are constructed with the help of the Gel'fand-Levitan-Marchenko equations.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Maternaticheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Vol. 172, pp. 145–159, 1989.     

Violation of KNO scaling and the NBD phenomenon in the framework of the statistical bootstrap model

The connection is considered of multiplicity distributions in three stages: partonic, hadronization, and hadronic. An interpretation of the LoPHD parameter is found. It is shown that under specific hypotheses on the form of the mass spectrum, the statistical bootstrap model leads to the negative binomial distribution (NBD) at the hadronic stage of development of the multiple production process with specific analytic dependences of the parameters of the NBD.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 28–32, May, 1991.One of the authors (V. I. Kuvshinov) is thankful to R. Hagedorn and G. Burgers for numerous discussions.     

Inhomogeneities in silicon p-n-junctions

Latent macroscopic defects in silicon are detected by electrical and electron microscope measurements. They lead to anomalous temperature dependence of the Fermi level position and growth in the hole capture coefficient. A level with energy of 0.55 eV measured from the conduction zone controls the recombination process. It is proposed that macroscopic defects develop upon association of oxygen-silicon vacancy complexes. Action of an electron beam leads to reversible changes which increase upon multiple scanning, affecting the value of the diffusion length.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 71–75, April, 1991.     

Optical quenching of the magnetoplastic effect in NaCl crystals

Observations indicate that illuminating NaCl crystals by ultraviolet light (λ=350 nm) suppresses the magnetoplastic effect. The processes induced by illumination take place in a subsystem of point defects and are related to a change in the state of magnetically sensitive dislocation pinning sites. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 39, 1389–1391 (1996)     

Variational perturbation theory. Anharmonic oscillator

A nonperturbative method is suggested for calculating functional integrals. Its efficiency is demonstrated for the quantum-mechanical anharmonic oscillator. A quantity we are interested in is represented by a series, a finite number of terms of which describes not only the region of small coupling constants but well reproduces the strong coupling limit. The method is formulated only in terms of the Gaussian functional quadratures and diagrams are used of the conventional perturbation theory.     

Detection of a sulfur dioxide radio line ν∼131 GHz in the lower troposphere

We present the results of detection of the sulfur dioxide radio line ν∼131 GHz of anthropogenic origin in the lower troposphere emission. The methods and results of spectral radiometric studies of SO₂ content near its sources are described. Institute for Space Research, Moscow; Radiophysical Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 704–712, June, 1997.     

Phase transitions of liquid crystalline cyanoethyl cellulose solutions under static conditions and in shear field

Phase transitions in the systems cyanoethyl cellulose-DMF, cyanoethyl cellulose-DMAA, and cyanoethyl cellulose-(trifluoroacetic acid + methylene chloride) were studied by means of the cloud-point and polarization microscopy techniques, as well as with a photoelectric polarization unit and a modified plasticorder. It was shown that the LC phase appears at higher concentrations and lower temperatures as the polarity of solvent molecules increases. The shear deformation of cyanoethyl cellulose solutions in DMF and DMAA results in the expansion of the temperature-concentration region of existence of the LC phase. The effect of shear field on phase transitions in cyanoethyl cellulose solutions is nonmonotonic in character.