ZnO films obtained by photoelectrothermal oxidation,their properties,and possibilities of practical application

Zinc oxide films of optical quality are obtained on single-crystal ZnSe substrates by the developed method of photoelectrothermal oxidation. Comparative analysis of the structure and mechanical and electrical characteristics of the films, obtained by the methods of photothermal and photoelectrothermal oxidation, is performed. It is shown that photoelectrothermal oxidation makes it possible to fabricate highly textured ZnO films of large thickness at much lower temperatures. Such films are characterized by high adhesion with the surface of the crystalline substrate and a high mechanical strength. On the basis of the thermostable ZnO films and oxide-semiconductor heterostructures prepared by photoelectrothermal and photothermal oxidation, varistors, gas analyzers, light converters, and multifunctional IR optical elements are designed.     

Synthesis of 2-thioxo-1,3-thiazolidin-4-one derivatives

A series of new 2-thioxo-1,3-thiazolidin-4-one derivatives containing arylidene, arylazo, and aminomethylene fragments in position 5 of the rhodanine cycle was synthesized. Dedicated to Academician V. A. Tartakovsky on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1564–1569, August, 2007.     

Thermoelectroelastic state of a piezoceramic body with a spheroidal cavity in a uniform heat flow

An exact solution is obtained to the three-dimensional problem of thermoelectroelasticity for a piezoceramic body with a spheroidal cavity. The solutions of static thermoelectroelastic problems are represented in terms of harmonic functions. Far from the cavity, the body is in a uniform heat flow perpendicular to the axis of symmetry of the cavity __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 11, pp. 57–66, November 2005.     

Magnetic dipole moment produced by an explosion of one kiloton of TNT

The paper reports results obtained in numerical simulation of the formation of a magnetic dipole moment by displacement of the geomagnetic field in an underground camouflet. The cases of chemical and nuclear explosions equivalent to an explosion of 1 kiloton of TNT are considered. From the calculation results it is concluded that electromagnetic measurement results can be used for monitoring of nuclear test.     

Recrystallization of niobate piezoelectric ceramics in the presence of liquid phase

Piezoelectric ceramics of LiNbO₃ and LiNbO₃-based solid solutions have been sintered from raw materials with different fluorine concentrations. The peculiarities of the structure formation and doping effect on the grain structure are studied. Multifractal parameterization of the ceramics grain structure is per-formed. The possibility of preventing the development of destructive recrystallization in niobate piezoelectric ceramics is shown.     

Effect of cluster polarization on the spectrum of the <Superscript>7</Superscript>Li nucleus and on the reaction <Superscript>6</Superscript>Li(<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>, <Superscript>3</Superscript>H)<Superscript>4</Superscript>He

The effect of polarization of the ⁶Li and ³H clusters on the parameters of states of the ⁷Li nucleus and on the cross section for the reaction ⁶Li(n,³H)⁴He was studied. The ⁴He + d + n three-cluster configuration was invoked for this purpose, and cluster dynamics was determined within a microscopic model where the relative motion of the clusters was described in terms of Faddeev amplitudes. The ⁴He + d + n three-cluster configuration made it possible to consider the ⁴He + ³H and ⁶Li + n binary channels, which are dominant in ⁷Li, and to take simultaneously into account the cluster polarization of ⁶Li as a two-cluster subsystemin the ⁴He + d representation and the cluster polarization of ³Has a two-cluster subsystem in the d + n representation.     

Measurements of the ratio Rdp of the quasi-elastic nd \rightarrow p(nn) to the elastic np \rightarrow pn charge-exchange process yields at zero proton emission angle over the 0.55-2.0 GeV neutron beam energy region

New experimental results on the ratio R_dp of the quasi-elastic charge-exchange yield at the outgoing proton angle $ \theta_{{p,{\rm Lab}}}^{}$ = 0^° for the nd $ \rightarrow$ p(nn) reaction to the elastic np $ \rightarrow$ pn charge-exchange yield are presented. The measurements were carried out at the Nuclotron of the Veksler and Baldin Laboratory of High Energies of the JINR (Dubna) at the neutron beam kinetic energies of 0.55, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8 and 2.0GeV. The intense neutron beam with small momentum spread was produced by break-up of deuterons which were accelerated and extracted to the experimental hall. In both reactions mentioned above the outgoing protons with the momenta p _p approximately equal to the neutron beam momentum p _{n, beam} were detected in the directions close to the direction of incident neutrons, i.e. in the vicinity of the scattering angle $ \theta_{{p,{\rm Lab}}}^{}$ = 0^° . Measured in the same data taking runs, the angular distributions of the charge-exchange reaction products were corrected for the well-known instrumental effects and averaged in the vicinity of the incident neutron beam direction. These corrected angular distributions for every of nd $ \rightarrow$ p(nn) and np $ \rightarrow$ pn charge-exchange processes were proportional to the differential cross-sections of the corresponding reactions. The data were accumulated by the Delta-Sigma set-up magnetic spectrometer with two sets of multiwire proportional chambers located upstream and downstream of the momentum analyzing magnet. Inelastic processes were considerably reduced by the additional detectors surrounding the hydrogen and deuterium targets. The time-of-flight system was applied to identify the detected particles. The new R_dp data are compared with the existing ones, which were obtained below 1GeV, and with the calculations which were made using the phenomenological NN amplitude sets.     

Program of polarization studies and capabilities of accelerating polarized proton and light nuclear beams at the nuclotron of the joint institute for nuclear research

A program of polarization studies is presented; this program can enhance our understanding of the constituents from which the spin of hadrons and lightest nuclei is constructed. Beams of polarized lightest nuclei at Nuclotron are required to complete this program. Calculations of linear resonance strengths at Nuclotron, which may result in depolarization effects, are presented. The application of a new method for conserving particle beam polarization at crossing these resonances at Nuclotron is discussed.     

Observation of channeling and volume reflection in bent crystals for high-energy negative particles

Deflection due to planar channeling and volume reflection in short bent silicon crystals was observed for the first time for 150 GeV/c negative particles, π⁻ mesons, at one of the secondary beams of the CERN SPS. The deflection efficiency was about 30% for channeling and higher than 80% for volume reflection. Volume reflection occurs, in spite of the attractive character of the forces acting between the particles and the crystal planes, in a wide angular range of the crystal orientations determined by the crystal bend angle.     

First observation of multiple volume reflection by different planes in one bent silicon crystal for high-energy protons

Multiple volume reflection by different planes in a bent silicon crystal with its 〈111〉 axis orientation close to the beam direction was observed for the first time for 400 GeV/c protons at the CERN SPS. The proton beam was deflected to the side opposite to the crystal bend by an angle of about 67 μrad, which is five times larger than in a single volume reflection by the (110) bent planes. The registered efficiency of one side deflection was about 84%. It was shown that multiple volume reflection transforms to a single volume reflection when the orientation angle of the 〈111〉 axis relative to the beam direction is increased.